Hammers see third £20m bid snubbed

Stoke City have refused to budge on Marko Arnautovic and the Hammers are now set to turn the attentions to West Brom winger Nacer Chadli.

 ClaretandHugh has learned that at a third bid of £20 million for the Austrian international was rejected by the Potters as the Hammers chased Slaven Bilic’s prime target.

Despite Arnautovic, despite asking to be put on the transfer list as he attempted to pile pressure on his club, both chairman Peter Coates and manager Mark Hughes have rejected all his and West Ham efforts to make the move happen.

We were told this morning: “They have turned down £20 million and despite the player’s wages being huge we were ready to do the deal.”

Now the Hammers will attempt to sort out a deal for former Spurs player Chadli who is valued at around the same as Arnautovic.

However, the Irons could find themselves under pressure to throw in Andre Ayew who is very much fancied by Baggies boss Tony Pulis.