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West Ham in driving seat for Rondon

West Ham are leading the battle to secure the services of Salomon Rondon according to the Northern Echo and are looking to have things tied up before manager-less Newcastle United decide to increase an earlier offer.

Mexican club Cruz Azul are the latest overseas team to have shown an interest in the Venezuelan striker.

But West Ham, who are already bid £10m for the striker, are ready to press ahead in a bid to get things tied up after hearing Rondon would prefer to stay in the Premier League.

The 29-year-old outlined towards the end of last season how he would have preferred to stay at Newcastle if Rafa Benitez could have persuaded the St James’ Park boardroom to have struck a deal with West Bromwich Albion.

West Brom are still looking for the £16.5m offer that would trigger a release clause in his contract and they feel Newcastle are now unlikely to return with a bid following Benitez’s departure.

Sources away from Tyneside suggest that Newcastle made an offer amounting to less than the £10m which West Ham have said they will pay. The Baggies, though, are still holding out for the release clause fee, and Newcastle are still unwilling to pay that.

Rondon was knocked out of the Copa America in Brazil yesterday after Venezuela lost 2-0 to Argentina in the quarterfinals. He is now entitled to two weeks holiday before returning to the Baggies.

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

One comment on “West Ham in driving seat for Rondon

  1. Benitez next Manager of Man Utd ??!! , if Ole doesn’t get Man Utd off to a flying start .

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