With the news that Dimitri Payet is either likely to leave West Ham soon or spend some time getting to know the reserves after ‘vowing to never kick a football’ for the club again, hanging onto Sofiane Feghouli might be a necessity for the Hammers.
However, Gazzetta claim on Thursday that West Ham are being a bit difficult about the whole thing.
The Serie A outfit were actually surprised when Slaven Bilic and co. allowed them to talk directly with the player, but West Ham’s reluctance to agree to a loan with an optional release clause is causing problems.
The Premier League side want the buy-out clause to be compulsory, but with time on their side, Roma feel they might be able to negotiate a buy-out-clause-based-on-the-amount-of-appearances loan next week.
West Ham are said to value Feghouli at €15m, which, considering they got him on a free in the summer, would be a tidy little profit for only paying his wages for six months (if the loan to Roma goes through).
Every cloud has a silver lining and all that…
