West Ham's £25m double swoop for Robert Snodgrass and Scott Hogan on hold until Dimitri Payet future resolved

West Ham target: Robert Snodgrass
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Ken Dyer|James Benge26 January 2017

West Ham’s £25million twin bid to sign Robert Snodgrass from Hull and Brentford’s Scott Hogan remains on hold until there is more clarity on Dimitri Payet’s future.

The club have had a £10m offer for Scotland international Snodgrass accepted by Hull and they remain interested in the £15m-rated Hogan.

The signs are, though, that there will be no definite movement on either player until Marseille significantly improve their last offer of £22.5m for Payet, who they sold to West Ham in 2015 for £10.7m. Club co-chairman David Sullivan, who is handling the negotiations, wants £30m for Payet and remains determined that Marseille will not acquire the player on the cheap.

The deal could go all the way to the wire with the transfer window set to close next Tuesday.

Burnley and Middlesbrough have also had £10m bids for Snodgrass accepted by Hull but a decision on his future could again have to wait until next week.

Reece Oxford, West Ham’s teenage defender, could go on loan to Rangers until the end of the season. The Scottish club are keen on signing Oxford, who recently agreed a new long-term contract.

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic is intending to return to the club’s training ground this weekend after spending two days in hospital with flu. Bilic felt unwell after last weekend’s match at Middlesbrough and was admitted to the London Hospital for treatment. He is currently at home resting but has targeted a return to the club this weekend.

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West Ham are confident their Premier League game against Chelsea at the London Stadium in March will be played without a repeat of the ugly scenes which marred the teams’ EFL Cup tie three months ago.

Sky Sports announced yesterday they will show West Ham’s match with their London rivals on 6 March at 8pm as part of their Monday Night Football show.

Interest: West Ham have had three bids for Hogan knocked back
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West Ham co-chairman David Gold took to Twitter on Wednesday to apologise to one fan about the timing of the fixture, writing: “Sorry Danny but we don’t move the game, Sky do. We hate it as much as you. DG”.

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