A top West Ham source has spoken exclusively to Claret & Hugh within the past hour to provide clarity on the transfer situation surrounding Guido Rodríguez.
The Argentine midfielder was reported to have regretted his move to the Premier League, preferring to remain at Real Betis rather than joining West Ham at the London Stadium. It was understood that the player and his representatives were exploring an early exit from his contract to facilitate a return to La Liga.
However, according to a top Hammers insider, Claret & Hugh can reveal there is little appetite within the club to accept a significant financial loss on the player. Although Rodríguez’s transfer to West Ham was labelled a “free,” the club invested heavily in a substantial signing bonus, which they are reluctant to write off after just six months of service.
Speaking this afternoon, the high-ranking Hammers source said: “No decision will be made until January, but let’s see if we get an offer. He [Rodríguez] received a big signing-on fee because he was a Bosman.”
It’s clear that if any club wishes to secure the midfielder’s release from his West Ham contract early, they will need to pay a fee to offset the significant costs incurred in bringing him to East London.
This guy does and brings nothing. Get him sold and get our money back if we can.
Don’t think I’ll ever be able to get over the fact we could be sitting here with Amorim in charge with Jhon Duran leading the line…
Footballs about moments and we always seem to miss ours or get it wrong 🤷♂️
Easy swap him for fornals should never have sold him
Wasn’t you the one saying this morning Gonzo . That he’s going for nothing.
Makes complete sense. No problem with any of this.
Had Sullivan listened to others we wouldn’t be in this position now how he can say that he can’t work with the players he has at his disposal most of the new signings are quality signings but JL is making them look like amateurs because he is absolutely useless at his job had Sullivan took onboard the warnings he received then we might just have a manager that knows how to talk to the members of the squad and that knows how to set the team up with a clear vision and the tactics to succeed something that JL knows nothing about
Maybe we need a crowd funding page, so the fans can pay West Ham to get rid of him!!
It’s beginning to look like half of Westham’s summer signings were glorified scams and then add in SCAMpetegui has made off with millions after every sacking in the last 5 years and it looks like Westham have been skinned by him as well . Foolishness pervades Westham’s dealings .