An appreciating asset is particularly rare at [West Ham United](https://www.claretandhugh.info/west-ham-united-v-brentford-claret-and-hugh-predict/) when viewed through the lens of transfer deals that have cost a fortune in recent years. Buying high and selling low seems to be the club’s method of operating which puts the Hammers in a serious situation regarding Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
The Hammers must have give up on ever finding a buyer for Maxwell Cornet, who the club bought for £17 million and who failed spectacularly to deliver on his potential. An habitual resident of the sick bay, Cornet couldn’t make it happen in the Premier League and refused all efforts to move him out: He suffered the ignominious fate of _even being returned from loan half way through the season by bottom club Southampton._
However – drum roll please- it now appears that the former Burnley winger is finding his feet and his form.
And considering at one stage David Sullivan couldn’t give away Cornet – just to get his £55k a week wages of the books – the former Hammers bench sitter might actually have a resale value. Good news indeed!
On a season-long loan in Italy, _Cornet has grabbed his second goal in two games for Genoa_ with a second-half strike to equalise against Cagliari and attain a share of the points. After a wobbly start with the expected ‘mystery injury’ keeping him out of the starting line up at the beginning of the season, Cornet seems to have found his mojo and that must be music to West Ham’s ears. Even a modest fee from Genoa in the summer will be enough to secure his services – West Ham would surely be delighted with even £5 million, just to move on from the sorry episode.