Marko Arnautovic – Football Scout

Marko Arnautovic signs West Ham extension despite ‘very tempting’ China offer

League 1’s bottom-side AFC Wimbledon pulled off a massive shock by defeating Premier League club West Ham United 4-2 in Round 4 of the FA Cup.
Marko Arnautovic signed a contract extension at West Ham on Saturday, hours after declaring his intention to stay with the English Premier League club despite a “very tempting” offer from a Chinese team.
“I love this club and I will always love this club no matter what,” Arnautovic said in a statement released by West Ham. “You have decisions you have to make in life, but I say from now it doesn’t matter what happens I will always love West Ham.”
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West Ham forward Marko Arnautovic a doubt for Chelsea clash

Andriy Yarmolenko and Marko Arnautovic teamed up to earn West Ham their first points of the season with a dismantling of Everton at Goodison Park.
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Arnautovic’s form has been one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dreary start to the season for West Ham, with the Austrian scoring three of the team’s five goals in the league so far, including in their win over Everton last weekend.
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The early kickoff seemed to catch Chelsea half asleep as the home side showed much more desire in the opening stages. Some dozy defending from the visitors allowed Marko Arnautovic to find space in the penalty area after 6 minutes and he slipped the ball past Thibaut Courtois for the game’s only goal. When Chelsea conceded early last week against Newcastle, it prompted a powerful response….

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Marko Arnautovic’s move disappointing, leaves Stoke short

Marko Arnautovic making a lateral move is disappointing and leaves Stoke with a huge void.
Mark Hughes will start the season without one of his most prolific forwards, having seen the Stoke hierarchy reluctantly agree to the club-record £20 million sale of want-away winger Marko Arnautovic to West Ham.

It’s a hammer blow (no pun intended) to a manager who has found himself leaning heavily on the maverick talent who cost him under £3m when he signed from Werder Bremen in 2013. Sadly, in the end there was little he could do to change the mind of a player who had firmly signalled…

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Xherdan Shaqiri and Marko Arnautovic star in Stoke’s victory over Hull

Mark Hughes expresses his delight at all aspects of Stoke’s game against Hull, capped off by a superb Xherdan Shaqiri goal.
Stoke managed to get back to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over relegation-threatened Hull in what was a less-than-convincing performance in front of an anxious crowd. An early goal from Marko Arnautovic appeared to settle the Potters’ nerves but individual errors and an inability to take their subsequent chances conspired to let the visitors back into the game.
Substitutes Jon Walters and Peter Crouch would combine to put the home side back in front, and then a moment of magic from Man of the…

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Marko Arnautovic signs West Ham extension despite ‘very tempting’ China offer

Sturridge shows he’s not finished yet, Arnautovic ruins Man United’s day

West Ham forward Marko Arnautovic a doubt for Chelsea clash

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N’Golo Kante 8/10 lone bright spot for lethargic Chelsea in loss to West Ham

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Marko Arnautovic’s move disappointing, leaves Stoke short

Physical match vs. Stoke could provide the jolt struggling Swansea need

Xherdan Shaqiri and Marko Arnautovic star in Stoke’s victory over Hull

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