Chelsea defender’s late “no” raises questions

Chelsea negotiator Marina Granovskaia brutally ordered the Irons to pay £50k every time Fikayo Tomori did not play for the Hammers and that raises some questions about the Irons’ relationship with Chelsea given the move still failed.

The 22 year old is reported as being the individual who placed the brutal new clause into the agreement but despite accepting EVEN THAT the player decided 10 minutes before deadline he was going to stay at Stamford Bridge.

The Hammers have remained  quiet on the issue publicly although the news was once again revealed by Jim White on talkSPORT.

According to the veteran broadcaster revealed that the Hammers thought they had a deal having agreed a “huge loan fee” plus a division of wages.

But Tomori, 22, decided at 10:50pm – just TEN minutes before the transfer deadline – he would prefer to stay and fight for a spot at Stamford Bridge.

Speaking on his mid-morning TalkSPORT show, Jim White said: “With just minutes to go until the deadline, they [West Ham] thought they had this done.

“They’d struck a deal with Chelsea involving a huge loan fee which had been agreed for Fikayo Tomori.

“It is my understanding West Ham had also agreed to pay Chelsea £50k every time he wasn’t selected to play for West Ham on top of that.

“All done, but just minutes before 11pm, Tomori said he doesn’t want to go.”

ClaretandHugh says: Quite why the Hammers go on trying to do deals with Chelsea is one of life’s great mysteries. Not a single one has been done between us and the south west Londoners certainly in the time ClaretandHugh has been around. It seem highly questionable why a player should be within 10 minutes of agreeing a deal before changing his mind on a fiercely negotiated deal. Maybe that was the case genuinely but the word “odd” springs to mind. The Hammers have been involved in negotiations with the Blues before over Michy Batshuayi – whom Chelsea nicked on a permanent deal whilst we were negotiating. He has twice chosen to go elsewhere rather than come here and it may well be now that we will cease attempting to do business with them. One things for sure, I hope, should should Frank Lampard ever move for Declan, the Hammers negotiate as fiercely as they have ever done in their history and truly make them pay.