At present, Gomes has five offers on the table from West Ham, Fulham, and three other unnamed clubs. However, the player is in no rush to decide, and his representatives (consisting of family and close friends) are expected to ramp up discussions next week.

West Ham did make contact with the player via a third party during the transfer window, but Claret & Hugh has been told directly that the offer was nowhere near acceptable.

Gomes’ main representative is his brother, while his father, Gil, was a professional footballer who played at under-21 level for Portugal and spent the final part of his career at Salford. C&H has been informed that the family will seek an intermediary to help finalise contract details with the chosen club.

However, if the Hammers are to make any headway in signing the skilful midfielder, they will need to completely rethink their negotiating strategy. To say West Ham made a bad first impression with their opening bid in January would be something of an understatement.

That initial offer, however, came before Graham Potter was appointed as the new Hammers manager. Hopefully, any further approaches will reflect the gaffer’s eagerness to sign Gomes

Hopefully we step back and don’t get involved with another so called good young English player who looks good in a bang average french league.
If he was up to it he wouldn’t have walked away a few years ago..
We have youngsters just as good that work within the clubs means, let him move on and disappear somewhere else.