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This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…
According to Football Insider, Manuel Lanzini is demanding a weekly salary of £120k-a-week if he is to sign a new contract at the club.
What’s the word then?
Well, the Argentina international is currently in negotiations with the Hammers over a new contract at the London Stadium, with the east Londoners reportedly preparing an offer of a five-year deal worth £90k-a-week.
Lanzini, however, wants £30k-a-week more than that and the two parties are reportedly said to be ‘well apart’ in terms of reaching an agreement, despite a willingness from both club and player to come to one.
Lanzini has one year left on his current deal – which also has the option of a two-year extension – but the Hammers want to tie him down to a long-term contract.
Should sell Javier Hernandez to free up wages
Football Insider has also reported that some MLS sides are eyeing up a January move for Javier Hernandez, who could be available for a bargain £4m having already entered the final year of his contract.
The Mexico international – who is his country’s all-time top scorer – is reportedly not going to get an offer of a new contract anywhere near to the £140k-a-week he currently earns, so his exit seems like a real possibility in the winter window.
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If that move does go ahead, then it will be a fairly large chunk of cash off the Irons’ wage bill, which should then be reinvested into meeting the 26-year-old’s demands.
Lanzini is arguably the Hammers’ most creative player – he has two key passes per game already this term – and was in fine form before his pre-World Cup cruciate ligament injury.
Contrastingly, with Hernandez now 31 years of age and seemingly playing second fiddle to new arrival Sebastien Haller – the Frenchman started over the former Manchester United man on the opening day – the Hammers should cash in on the Mexican and move to ensure a key player is tied down for what will be his prime years.
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