Romano drops big update with consequence of Man U and Spurs ‘fighting for the same player’ | West Ham News

The old proverb that ‘speech is silver but silence is golden‘ appears to be proving true in the transfer market with West Ham, Manchester United and Tottenham all remaining tight-lipped on the state of their transfer negotiations for Mateus Fernandes.

As the Hammers continue to refuse to entertain ‘low’ bids for the super talented youngster, the pursuers find themselves forced higher and higher with the fear of missing out driving their negotiating stance.

Incredibly, ‘In the Know’ transfer guru Fabrizio Romano’s latest update today suggests that £85 million may just be the starting point. In a fresh update from givemesport.com the transfer expert claims:

It now depends on the club, so who can agree terms with West Ham will get the player, and it’s about the money, because they start at £85million, could be more if these clubs keep fighting for the same player, and also payment tariffs are also important for West Ham, so it’s not just about the fee, it’s also about the timing to pay this money.”

For his part, Fernandes appears equally happy to move to either club and is not muddying the waters in West Ham’s transfer dealings:

“One day Tottenham is bidding, one day Manchester United is bidding, but it’s all about verbal proposals. I told you the player will go to the club able to reach an agreement with West Ham on finance..The player is ready to accept both projects”.

With pre-season starting on 6th July at both West Ham and Spurs, there is just the sense that these verbal bids and shadow boxing transfer negotiations are about to get very real: Manchester United start their pre-season training on 9th July, a little later than the Hammers, but there is every likelihood that the deal to sell Fernandes will be wrapped up before West Ham’s squad convenes at Rush Green in a little over a week’s time.