West Ham may have a problem on their hands as the club prepare for the January transfer window.
New boss Nuno Espirito Santo has begun the process of discovering which players will form part of his Hammers squad and which he’ll look to move on.
And one of those thought most likely to depart the London Stadium is Guido Rodriguez, who appears to have no future under the new West Ham boss.
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Even though Nuno has only taken charge of two games since succeeding Graham Potter, he has given plenty of hints that Rodriguez is not part of his plans.
The Argentinian has only made the bench on one occasion, despite Tomáš Souček being suspended. Espirito Santo has instead used Freddie Potts and Andy Irving as midfield substitutes, which strongly suggests there will be no game time for Rodriguez.
However, Hammers bosses will not find it easy to offload the midfielder, who seems perfectly happy to stay put in East London.
Speaking to an agent this lunchtime, Claret & Hugh were told: “Rodriguez had five interested clubs in the summer but didn’t want to move.”
“One offer from Saudi would have given him an extra £30k per week, but he said no.”
This response came after C&H asked whether West Ham were likely to move on certain players in the winter transfer window. Our source added:
“They’ll have to move players on, but you can’t force someone out if he doesn’t want to go. Their recruitment has been a real mess. They hardly ever make a profit on players.”