Reported West Ham target Nemanja Radonjic (The Mirror, 6 December 2020, page 63) performed a transfer deadline day U-turn to contribute to the bizarre resignation of Andre Villas-Boas at Marseille.
The winger, who was also wanted by Southampton, had previously made clear his intentions to remain at the Ligue 1 club before completing a move to Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin on the final day of the transfer window .
If the Serbian’s backtracking wasn’t enough, Villas-Boas claimed to know nothing about the deal until it had already been completed, a contributing factor in the former Tottenham boss walking away from the job.
Nothing ultimately came of the Hammers’ interest in the 24-year-old with capabilities of playing on either wing, who had made a bright start to the season with Marseille, directly contributing to three goals in 12 appearances.
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David Moyes clearly didn’t see a winger as a priority in January, with Jarrod Bowen and Pablo Fornals both performing admirably. With Radonjic having completed the move to Berlin in a loan-to-buy deal, the Irons won’t feel they have missed out by not signing the Serbian.
In fact, Moyes may feel he has dodged a bullet on a player who would claim to have ‘no intention’ of leaving before swiftly exiting, given the burgeoning harmony at the London Stadium after suffering their own fair share of wantaway trauma in the past.
