West Ham ready to sell Marko Arnautovic for £45m and want Maxi Gómez

• Celta Vigo striker Gómez is club’s preferred replacement
• Arnautovic keen on China move and left out of squad again

West Ham are prepared to sell Marko Arnautovic if they receive a bid of £45m before the transfer window shuts and are targeting Celta Vigo’s Maxi Gómez as a replacement for the forward.

Manuel Pellegrini has concluded that Arnautovic’s desire to move to a club in China – understood to be Guangzhou Evergrande – has left him unable to rely on the 29-year-old. West Ham’s manager dropped the Austrian for last week’s defeat by Bournemouth and has left him out again for Saturday evening’s FA Cup tie at AFC Wimbledon.

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