Hammers adopt ‘wait and see’ policy on midfielder

West Ham are adopting a ‘wait and see’ approach to Samir Nasri despite reports that he needs to shift a lot of weight if he’s to get a deal at the club.

Morning reports in The Sun claim he needs to shift five kilos  and quote insiders as saying there is little chance he  can expect anything other than a short-term deal.

The insider added: “He has a long way to go to prove himself.”

However, when ClaretandHugh approached its regular senior source by phone we were given a slightly different story.

He explained that the 31 year old was putting in the work but declared: “It’s too early to make any sort of judgement on where he will be by the time the end of the month.

“He will be monitored closely and the time to make a judgement will be by around Christmas given he would be free to play from January 1. We will have to wait and see.”

However, it has become very clear over the last couple of weeks that the Hammers consider an £80k a week six month contract to be a non starter and that around half of that plus appearance bonuses is what’s likely to be on offer.