West Ham United are reportedly willing to sell youngster Domingos Quina with Barcelona interested.
Sky Sports has reported that officials from Barcelona were due to hold talks with West Ham over the weekend about a possible deal for the young Portuguese winger.
Sky reports that representatives of the Catalan giants travelled to Finland last week to watch the 18-year old in action for Portugal at the UEFA U19 Championships where Quina impressed.
Quina who has spent time in both the Benfica and Chelsea academies was coveted by the likes of Arsenal before signing a professional contract with the Hammers.
The diminutive attacker has been dubbed a wonderkid but has only been sparingly dipped in and out of the first team squad in the last two years.
He failed to impress when handed a big chance in the Carabao Cup at Arsenal last season but his name was up in lights when he scored an amazing goal from near the halfway line for West Ham’s U23s against Leicester.
That earned him kudos but it didn’t get him any extra first team minutes.
And West Ham fans are confused for a number of reasons over the reported deal which could see Quina join one of the world’s biggest and most successful clubs.
Some feel that if he cannot force his way into the West Ham side then he cannot be good enough to succeed at the mighty Barca.
Others feel it shows the club are not making the most of Quina’s talents if the likes of the Catalan giants are interested.
And many cannot get their heads around why West Ham would let a “wonderkid” go for a miserly £600,000, as reported by Sky Sports.
Here’s a selection of reactions from mostly West Ham fans on Twitter.
@ExWHUemployee @davewalkersdcc lmao so Barca want him and we would sell for 600,000?? If Barca want him im sure he is worth more than that
— Colin Green (@colinstevengr) July 23, 2018
Swap deal for Messi?!
— Terry P (@Hammerstel87) July 23, 2018
If he’s a wonder kid why are we prepared to let him go for £600k.
— Oldhammer (@RogerCaxton) July 23, 2018
£600k is that it
— Josh⚒ (@JoshVernege) July 23, 2018
Does the Barca bench have their own scouting-team?
— kjetil tønnesen (@greavsy18) July 23, 2018
Wow superkid money that 🙄
— Steve (@nessteve) July 23, 2018
Everton lining up a £42 million bid as we speak.
— King Kylian (@KillerKylian10) July 23, 2018
I think there’s talent there but the kind of clubs he’s constantly linked with are way, way out of his league at this point. He’s not half the player Dec is and nobody links Dec with the world’s best clubs.
— Hammers & Hockey (@TexasAvs) July 23, 2018
According to his agent…..
— Stuart Hewett (@Stunaldo) July 23, 2018
Shouldn’t that tell us he’s half decent and had potential 🤷♂️
— ⚒ Paul greed ⚒ (@paul_greed) July 23, 2018
If he’s good enough for Barcelona why don’t we keep him
— Rohan 🏴🇨🇦⚒️ (@RohanKoomar) July 28, 2018
Huge money required if he goes. There’s a lot there we would be giving up
— DenverWestHam (Scott Davis) (@DenverWestHam) July 27, 2018
honestly the agent is joke. Always looking for more money or a move. Let him settle and play football
— GameRiot (@GameRiotArmy) July 23, 2018
They obviously didn’t go to Arsenal away in the Cup last season then, he was dire
— ian ford (@IanEenyford) July 23, 2018
I don’t doubt that he’s a good player but I doubt he will be robust enough for the premier league Matt
— ian ford (@IanEenyford) July 23, 2018
Then they will loan him out….if he cuts the mustard he’ll be worth a fortune..if he doesn’t they will make good money because he is coming from Barca..
— Al Bundy (@AlBundy37279026) July 23, 2018
If barcelona thinks he is good then somebody remind me
why we are selling ?
— dan_whufc_twit (@dan_whufc_twit) July 24, 2018
Westham are crazy to sell him for 600k !
— peter hitchen (@the2inchtrojan) July 23, 2018