Five Hammers will have just one year left on their contracts this summer meaning West Ham will need to decide whether to extend their contracts, sell them this summer or let them go for free next June.
Those five Hammers whose contract expire on 30th June 2020 are:
Manuel Lanzini Age at end of contract: 27 Current salary: £50,000 per week Possible summer resale value: £30m (Two-year option available for extension)
Robert Snodgrass Age at the end of his contract: 32 Current salary: £40,000 per week Possible summer resale value: £6m
Carlos Sanchez Age at the end of his contract: 34 Current salary: £70,000 per week Possible summer resale value: £1m
Javier Hernandez Age at the end of his contract: 32 Current salary: £140,000 per week Possible summer resale value: £10m
Arthur Masuaku Age at end of contract: 26 Current salary: £40,000 per week Possible summer resale value: £8m
The total value of these players could be as much as £55m with £340,000 per week in wages which accounts for £17.6m of the annual wage bill.
Keep Mano, sell the rest.
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Me too keep Manu sell the rest plus obiang cresswell probably the worst left back in the premier and has cost us so many points just watch the games and chich arnie carrol obviously gone Reid antonio we can then move on to getting in quality players left back that can defend with Ben Johnson as back up centre back keeper one def mid and two strikers COYI
Lanzini to keep for sure , Snodgrass as a squad player …rest can go including Arnautovic ,Obiang, perez , and bring back Cullen , id like to see him being given a real chance in the 1st team
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Keep manu. Possibly keep Snodgrass as a utility player if he’s happy to be a bench warmer. He can cover a lot of positions and can have a positive impact off the bench if the manager wants to inject a bit of urgency and graft into the mix. However an upgrade could probably be found for most of them in terms of technical ability. If we keep manu it’s also with the hope that he can return to his pre injury form. If there is any doubt that he won’t ever return to pre injury form or that he might get injured again and club insiders might know this best, then it might be better to cash in on him before it becomes too obvious.