Another summer of Batshuayi?


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West Ham United have started everyone laughing with news thet are chasing Michy Batshuayi. having been in a squad that has won the Premier League and at a club with the UEFA Champions League football he was looking for, why would he take a step down to possibly battle against relegation, a situation West ham successfully fought their way out of this season?

From his point of view West Ham offers nothing he can't get elsewhere. Chelsea are said to be happy to listen to offers for the 23-year-old (24 in October) Belgian international, he has 9 full caps and 3 goals.

We, of course, tried to buy him last summer and Chelsea came in late to just throw money at Marseille, who needed it at the time. he has struggled to get game time at Chelsea, playing only 207 minutes of Premier League football across 19 games, scoring 3 goals, a goal every 69 minutes.

There seems to be two trains of thought over him, one that he is going to replace Diego Costa next season, which seems unlikely and secondly, thathe will be sold. You would have thought Chelsea would splash the cash to replace Costa rather than relying on the unproven Batshuayi.

Should Chelsea tell him he can leave he won't be short of suitors and Champions League football will be just one the criteria any team will have to meet, quite apart from the wages he is now on.