Last night, the Hammers withdrew their contract offer to Mohammed Diame as the player made clear his intentions to keep his options open amid rumours linking him with both Arsenal and Tottenham. The contract, believed to include a wage increase which put his weekly salary up to around £50,000 a week- in return for the removal of the £3.5 million release clause in the Senegal international's current contract- has now been rescinded, pouring petrol on the flames of speculation linking the big midfielder with a move away from the club; if not now, then in the summer. West Ham co-chairman David Gold, talking to Sports Direct News, said that "it would have been fair to have expected something (an offer from another club for Diame) by now if it were going to happen. That's not to say it won't happen- never rule anything out. A deal can be done in 24 hours but in the meantime all contract talks have ended and the offer has been withdrawn." This will come as sad news to fans who are now perhaps resigned to seeing our star man leave. Diame has gone from hero to zero in the eyes of some fans, for a perceived lack of loyalty that us Irons are all too familiar with.
By Alex Shilling
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