West Ham will play in the Premier League Asia Trophy next summer after the club announced plans to travel to China for pre-season.
Alongside Premier League trio Manchester City, Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Ham will compete in this mini-tournament in the summer.
The Premier League Asia Trophy will take place in mid-July over two dates and two different locations. West Ham return to China 10 years after their last Premier League Asia Trophy appearance, when Tottenham Hotspur and Hull City were the two opponents.
Marko Arnautovic: the butt of the jokes
Marko Arnautovic was inevitably the butt of the jokes after the pre-season trip to China was announced. After trying to force a January move to China, West Ham fans are ridiculing him on social media.
The Austrian was linked with a £45m move to China (The Times) and made it clear that he wanted to leave West Ham. Some Hammers fans have not forgiven the 29-year-old, whose form has dipped significantly since that transfer saga in mid-January.
Here are some tweets from West Ham fans after the club announced their pre-season trip to China.
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