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Add as preferred source on Google<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWest Ham have confirmed they expect to sell Crysencio Summerville within 72 hours but Aston Villa still have a chance to sign him according to the club\u2019s response.<\/strong><\/p>\n If West Ham\u2019s sale of Crysencio Summerville was an auction it would be at the \u2018going, going\u2019 stage with the Hammers expecting the Dutchman to be \u2018gone\u2019 within the next 72 hours.<\/p>\n Whether Aston Villa will be the highest bidder and Summerville\u2019s destination remains to be seen as Roma continue to try and get the winger on the cheap.<\/p>\n Hammers News exclusively revealed Summerville has a complicated \u00a350m release clause in his West Ham deal.<\/p>\n A host of clubs have been linked with the West Ham ace including PSG, Man United, Chelsea, Spurs, Roma and Aston Villa.<\/p>\n Both start alongside Jarrod Bowen at Southend?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n It is the latter two clubs, Roma and Villa, who have come to the fore in the last week, though.<\/p>\n Both can offer Summerville Champions League football \u2013 a big step up from the Championship football on offer at West Ham next season.<\/p>\n Aston Villa have cash to burn and a hole on the left to fill as they are selling Morgan Rogers to Chelsea for a record \u00a3117m.<\/p>\n Roma\u2019s manager ruled out a move for Summerville to boost Villa over the weekend, stating the wages he wanted were too expensive for the Italian side.<\/p>\n Since then, Roma have submitted a further two offers \u2013 both under West Ham\u2019s complex \u00a350m release clause but with add-ons which means that figure would be met if all were achieved.<\/p>\n West Ham do not have to sell players for financial reasons but have elected to offload Mateus Fernandes and Summerville to boost the club\u2019s cash-flow and allow the players to further their careers elsewhere.<\/p>\n Aston Villa have been waiting in the wings and are known for doing quick, efficient and quiet transfer deals.<\/p>\n Abdul Fatawu, Simon Adingra and Sorba Thomas have been linked\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n So they cannot be ruled out of the race for Summerville, who was one of West Ham\u2019s better performers on their way to relegation last term.<\/p>\n Because West Ham have confirmed Summerville will be sold \u201cwithin 72 hours\u201d but Villa still have chance based on the club\u2019s response.<\/p>\n A leading senior West Ham source has exclusively told Hammers News<\/strong> that Summerville, who was signed for \u00a326m from Leeds in a deal led by David Sullivan, will be sold in the next three days.<\/p>\n But the West Ham source has stated \u201cwe don\u2019t know who to yet\u201d \u2013 which leaves the door wide open for Villa to get a deal done.<\/p>\n The Hammers source also confirmed that Sullivan, who remains the club\u2019s second biggest stakeholder with a 38.8 per cent holding, has no involvement in the deal or negotiations.<\/p>\n If West Ham get the \u00a350m in Summerville\u2019s release clause, it will mean they have raised \u00a3135m from the sales of him and Fernandes.<\/p>\n That alone bridges the financial gap between being in the Premier League and playing in the Championship.<\/p>\n Even without those two players, West Ham are red-hot favourites to win the Championship title next season and return to the big time at the first attempt.<\/p>\n And that is before the Hammers have even spent a penny on new arrivals for Nuno Espirito Santo.<\/p>\n It is a refreshing change to see the club doing some shrewd business, playing hardball and not being held to ransom on deals for their top players.<\/p>\n Not to mention the fact four key players in Jarrod Bowen, Tomas Soucek, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Mads Hermansen are all committed to the club for next season despite interest from elsewhere.<\/p>\nWest Ham confirm Summerville sale \u2018within 72 hours\u2019<\/h2>\n
How CONFIDENT are you that Taty and Dinos will stay beyond the summer?<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>Villa still have Summerville chance with \u2018destination unknown\u2019<\/h2>\n
If you were Nils Koppen, who are YOU signing to replace Summerville?<\/h3>\n
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