Report: Arnautovic dropped

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Marko Arnautovic is understood to have been dropped from the squad which will face Bournemouth tomorrow (Sat) according to various newspapers reports.

And as ClaretandHugh reported yesterday it now looks certain that the striker will not be moving to China in the January transfer window.

Reports have emerged in the last hour claiming the player will not be involved against the Cherries saying he is not in the right frame of mind.

If true it will be manager Manuel Pellegrini who will have made the decision as he assessed the player’s attitude on the training ground this week.

The manager had said yesterday (Fri) that he did not believe Marko would refuse to play for the club and as far as his future is concerned added that he was 100 per cent responsible for deciding whether he was allowed to move to China.

He said: “If I say the player must stay, the player will stay.

“I don’t have any problem with the club. In all the months I’ve been working here, I never had any problems with the owners about that. So they are not forcing me to sell Marko Arnautovic.

“But I think, as a manager, the best thing is to take the solution that is best for the player and the club. Both together. If they agree, we don’t have any problem to change.”

However, it is clear the club have no interest in selling him for €35 million which makes the ‘stay’ decision a lot easier and at this point there is no new offer from the unnamed Chinese outfit – believed to be Shanghai or any other outfit.

Should Pellegrini have excluded him from the squad it will send a loud and clear message to the Austrian and the rest of the squad that there’s no messing with Pellegrini who for all the calm and composed appearance is becoming seen as a tough operator.

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