West Ham United fans have vented their frustration over the club's refusal to cash in on out-of-favour Ghana international Andre Ayew after the club rejected a £14million offer from Swansea City last week.
Ayew left the Liberty Stadium in August 2016 for the Hammers, who paid close to £20m for the player who had scored 15 times in his debut Premier League season.
However, he has struggled to establish himself as a first-team regular at West Ham since he joined.
He is a priority target for new Swansea manager Carlos Carvalhal but their opening bid of £14 million was turned down, with West Ham considering whether to keep the Ghana international after Andy Carroll's injury.
Following the West Ham's refusal to accept the bid from Swansea, fans have taken to twitter to react to the club's decision to reject the offer, angrily suggesting that the decision is 'plain stupid' and that the club should be cashing in on both players whilst even messaging co-owner David Gold to share their frustration at keeping two bit-part, underwhelming players rather than offloading them and reinvesting in the squad.
@davidgold £14 mil bid for ayew turned down? I would have bit there hand off for 10. I still don't see why we bought him in the first place?
Why is the club rejecting bids for #sakho from #rennes @davidgold? The player is never fit. Why hold on to him?
— Jail 'Palestine' (@JailBDSfilth) January 21, 2018
West Ham Cumbria@cumbrianwestham
Why the hell aren’t we accepting these bids for Sakho!! Get rid @davidgold he’s getting about £30k a week for sitting in the change room for God’s sake
Definition of madness...
Us paying £20m for Ayew?
Swansea offering £14m to take him back?
Or us turning it down?
Take your pick.
I understand rejecting a £14M bid for Ayew but why would we reject £10M for Sakho? He's not part of our plans and doesn't want to play for us. Just sell him and replace him. I don't get it
West Ham Transfers@westhamtransfer
West Ham reject £10m for Sakho
West Ham reject £14m for Ayew
£24m!!! Why aren't we accepting them Jesus Christ
Offers rejected for ayew and Sakho because the board think they are worth more money.......have they not seen them play. We would be lucky to get a packet of biscuits for them!
So West Ham have said they are willing to sell Sakho and will listen to offers for Ayew... if sky sports are right we have rejected 2 offers for Sakho and rejected an offer for Ayew... my question is do West Ham have any type of plan in a transfer window? Doesn't seem they do..
Turning down bids for ayew and Sakho is just plain stupid!! Get rid and replace them with better quality