Marko Arnautovic has been left out of West Ham’s squad to face Bournemouth on Saturday.<\/p>\n
talkSPORT understands the striker, who wants to seal a lucrative move to China, will not be part of the Irons squad which travels to the south coast this weekend.<\/p>\n
The former Stoke man took part in the club’s pattern-of-play training as final preparations geared towards the clash with the Cherries.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old was therefore due to be named on the substitutes bench, but that is understood not to be the case now.<\/p>\n
To date the Hammers have not received an offer which matches their valuation of the forward.<\/p>\n
Last week Arnautovic’s agent and brother exclusively told talkSPORT that the forward wanted to leave the London Stadium this month.<\/p>\n
The Hammers have already rejected an offer of \u00a335million from an unnamed Chinese Super League side for the Austria international, who cost the club \u00a320m to buy in 2017.<\/p>\n
Arnautovic has his heart set on a move overseas though, so will be hoping a deal can be struck before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n
Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini insists he will not stop the forward moving on – if the deal is right for both parties.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI am not telling the club about it. If it\u2019s a good deal for both parties we will arrange to be without Marko.<\/p>\n
“But the club doesn\u2019t want to sell him.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there are reports indicating that a potential move to China has collapsed, talkSPORT understands a deal is not dead in the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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