West Ham transfer news: Marko Arnautovic joins Shanghai SIPG in deal worth around £22m
Arnautovic spent two seasons with the Hammers, scoring 22 goals in 65 appearances, but his relationship with the club's hierarchy deteriorated after an initial offer of around £19m was rejected
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Your support makes all the difference.Marko Arnautovic has left West Ham for Chinese Super League club Shanhai SIPG in a transfer understood to be worth around £22m.
Arnautovic spent two seasons with the Hammers, scoring 22 goals in 65 appearances, but his relationship with the club's hierarchy deteriorated after an initial offer of around £19m was rejected.
West Ham have been linked with a move for Bournemouth's Callum Wilson as a possible replacement for the Austrian international.
Meanwhile, fellow CSL club Shanghai Shenhua have signed Stephan El Shaarawy from AS Roma, making the Italy international forward their most expensive acquisition to date as they bid to avoid relegation.
The 26-year-old joined Shenhua for a transfer fee of £14m, the Italian Serie A club said on Monday.
Shenhua are 14th in the 16-team CSL standings just over halfway through the season, only one point above the relegation zone.
Former Valencia and Watford coach Quique Sanchez Flores resigned last week after just over six months in charge after a disappointing run, citing "personal reasons".
The Spaniard was replaced by Choi Kang-hee and on Monday his compatriot Kim Shin-wook, an experienced international striker, also made the move to Shenhua from Jeonbuk Motors.
Shenhua have scored only 18 goals in 16 matches this season and will be looking to their newly acquired strike force to improve their effectiveness up front.
El Shaarawy, capped 23 times by Italy, joined Roma from AC Milan in January 2016 after spending the first half of the season on loan at French side Monaco.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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