West Ham will address Cheik Kouyate’s pay concerns following the Christmas programme.
Stories were circulating on deadline day that the midfielder was being hunted by Spurs who were apparently ready to pay £15 million.
ClaretandHugh inquiries at the time proved that to be false but were were told by a highly placed source that the player was keen to renegotiate his contract terms despite the current one having three years to run.
And we have learned over the last few hours that the Senegal international is on around £30k a week and looking for a minimum of £40k.
There can be no doubting that he has had a big impact on our midfield since he arrived but the club will not be rushing to get into talks with his agent.
We were told exclusively: “They will just be told to go away for the time being because we simply don’t do our business at this time of the year.
It’s not a Winston Reid-type situation and we will talk to him at the normal time which is just after Christmas.
“He’s done very well and everything will be borne in mind on that front when the talks get underway.”
Tie him down!
It’s not a bad line of work to be in is it.. I think he’s worth it though and if we can add a couple of years to his contract that would be great
Very Good Strong player who’s not goal shy – worth the pay rise for sure and the kind of player we should be looking to take to the OS with us and Yes let’s try to get him to add a few years to his contract ( good comment Dainon ) ,and to think he did not play for us against Man City ! ( Maybe when we do the double over them at Home ?? :))