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Marko Arnautovic's brother, agent and foghorn Danijel Arnautovic has broken his silence on the latest saga surrounding his sibling, which football.london understands he has been the engineer of.

The Hammers striker is keen to leave the club once again for the second time in six months and the club has turned down a derisory €22m bid for him from a Chinese Super League, believed to be Shanghai SIPG.

The Austrian international penned a £120,000 a week contract extension in January and claimed his future lied in the capital following previous interest from China when a £30.5m bid for the player was turned down by West Ham.

But those calls for calm in the aftermath of signing his new deal seemingly didn't mean a thing as the brothers are yet again angling for a move away to the riches of the Far East.

Now, Danijel Arnautovic has apparently spoken to Sky Sports News and claims that his brother is being "used" by West Ham.

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The agent said: "He’s not a cow or a horse which you bring to market. He’s a highly talented footballer who’s simply being used by West Ham. He’s just a number to them.

"West Ham were trying to get rid of Marko right up until the last minute of the January transfer window and they are still trying to sell him right now.

"West Ham are still speaking to the Chinese club. He is still for sale and it’s simply a case of how much money West Ham can get for him."

(Image: Julian Finney/Getty Images)

It's not the first time Danijel Arnautovic has used the media to get his point across - he used national radio to demand his brother be allowed to leave the club in January.

Football.London learned earlier on Tuesday that Danijel is trying to flog the striker on the cheap as he realises he is not going to get the £35m valuation that is on the striker's head, who also happens to have a £45m release clause in his new contract.

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