Perez is yet to make his debut for West Ham since joining from Arsenal.
New West Ham United striker Lucas Perez has told the club’s official website that his two all-time favourite players to pull on the claret and blue are Jack Wilshere and Carlos Tevez.
Perez, 29, is yet to make his debut for the Hammers since joining the club from London neighbours Arsenal towards the end of the transfer window a for a fee believed to be in the region of £5million.
He faces competition from Javier Hernandez, Andy Carroll and Marko Arnautovic, while his signing prompted the loan exit of Jordan Hugill to Championship outfit Middlesbrough until the end of the season.
Asked which two players are his favourites to ever play for West Ham, Perez surprisingly picked Wilshere who has only played once competitively for the east Londoners – as well as Argentinian striker Tevez.
“Jack Wilshere and Carlos Tevez, I like,” Perez said. “I only played with Jack for two months in training at Arsenal, but he’s a good guy and a quality player.”
Tevez, now 34 years of age and playing for Boca Juniors, turned out 29 times for West Ham during the 2006-07 season which saw him and Javier Mascherano make the surprise move to east London.
He scored seven goals in that time, and Perez is seemingly a fan of the tenacious striker. Wilshere and Perez will both be looking to start against Bournemouth on Saturday, as the Hammers host the Cherries at the London Stadium,
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