Make your mind up time approaches for Gomez

West Ham may have hit a snag in the pursuit of Maxi Gomez with the striker continuing to sway towards remaining in Spain.

However, he is facing a difficult decisionas the only La Liga club keen to sign him are Valencia who clearly do not have the cash to meet Celta Vigo’s demands.

We understand that the front man remains keen to join a Spanish-based Champions League outfit, and with seemingly Valencia out of the running, only three other outfits could offer him his preferred move – Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid.

The Irons are still talking to Celta Vigo and, having upped their bid, are ready to go on continuing negotiating as they did for Felipe Anderson last season while looking for a change of heart from Gomez.

Manuel Pellegrini is keen to link him with Marko Arnautovic up front with Salomon Rondon as the club’s back up striker.

Director of Football Mario Husillos is in charge of talks  for the player and with his experience of finding a way through difficult negotiations, the club remain hopeful the deal will be done.