West Ham: Fans are giving up on Marko Arnautovic

It might be starting to feel like déjà vu for West Ham fans.

To sum up: Arnautovic hasn’t handed in a formal transfer request but is keen to move to China (again). Club has received a €22m bid from the Far East, it’s been rejected. West Ham adamant he’s not for sale (again). You’re up to speed. https://t.co/9YMYR1VKJc

— Sam Inkersole (@Sam_InkersoleTM) July 2, 2019

Marko Arnautovic caused quite the stir in the previous January transfer window when the Austrian attacker admitted he wanted to leave the club via the Telegraph, only to go back on his claim and sign a contract extension with the Hammers after the dust had settled following a rejected bid from a Chinese club as reported from the Telegraph.

Six months on from that fiasco, and Arnautovic has yet again asked to leave the club, with Sky Sports News reporting this time that the striker had handed in a transfer request, with BBC Sport following it up with a report that West Ham had rejected a £19.7 million bid from an unnamed Chinese club for the 30-year-old.

Despite the fact the former Stoke City ace was the club’s top scorer last season with 11 goals, talkSPORT pundit Adrian Durham hinted he believed the fanbase was largely ‘done’ with Arnautovic back in March and the idea of him pushing to leave again hasn’t gone down too well online.

Of course, many West Ham fans were not happy with the turn of events and took to Twitter to vent their frustration in the attacker. Here is what a few supporters had to say following the news…

Ugh, I just want rid of him at this point. If anyone bids £30m, just take it and ship him out as quickly as possible. We’re sick of this; it’s not even prompted by good form anymore, it’s just egotistical, self-centred nonsense.

— David Cann (@drwhofan_194) July 2, 2019

I’d get rid for €22M. What an idiot. The guy clearly lives for fan recognition, but can’t even realise it himself. He will move and only then he’ll realise what he missed out on.

— Jacob (@wellhat) July 2, 2019

We really don’t need the hassle and disruption to the rest of the squad. Put him on gardening leave and sell at a decent price.

— Denise Hardy (@Denny2hammers) July 2, 2019

The club need to just get rid of him. He is replaceable. He will have zero support from the fan base now. Cut losses and move on. He’s toxic

— Chris Helwig (@chelwig54) July 2, 2019

Clearly this is bad move by us not selling. He is going to screw up the harmony of the squad – what was looking a promising season now looks like bad one as we are keeping a want away player

— Richard Knott (@RichardKnott2) July 3, 2019