West Ham United are being linked with one more transfer before deadline day but which of these two stars do the club’s fans want to see them sign?
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic wants one more
The Hammers have been hit by a glut of injuries to key players and Slaven Bilic has admitted he is in the market for another player ahead of the transfer deadline.
The former Croatia manager will also have the Europa League to contend with should they come through a qualifying play-off against Romanian champions FC Astra tonight.
Speculation has been rife for weeks that the Hammers wanted to make AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca their marquee striker signing.
West Ham United’s Andre Ayew receives medical attention before going off injured
Ayew kidding me with these injuries?
Instead they bid what many fans feel is over the odds to sign Swansea City striker Andre Ayew for a club record £20.5 million.
He was promptly injured less than half an hour into his West Ham debut in the season opening 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.
Andy Carroll is also now out for at least a month while Diafra Sakho’s future is in doubt despite his collapsed £16 million move to West Bromwich Albion.
Now, according to widespread reports, Bilic wants either Manchester City’s Wilfried Bony or Juventus and Italy striker Simeone Zaza before the window slams shut next week.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has frozen out Wilfried Bony
Wilfried Bony
West Ham have had a longstanding interest in out of favour Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony and are rekindling it according to Sky Sports.
David Sullivan revealed last year he regretted signing Carroll over Bony when the Hammers splashed a club record £18m on the big Geordie while Swansea City ended up signing the Ivory Coast forward instead – as reported by the Telegraph at the time.
Bony has been rarely used by City since making his own big money move from Wales to Manchester, scoring six goals in 36 appearances for the club.
But his goal record before that stands up to scrutiny with a record of a goal every other game and he would represent a major coup for Bilic given the Ivorian’s quality, the injury situation and the fact the window is set to slam shut next week.
Zaza back in Bilic’s thinking?
Simone Zaza
Juventus and Italy striker Simone Zaza was expected to complete a move to German side Wolfsburg this summer but is now being linked yet again with a move to East London.
According to Football Italia, Zaza – who famously missed that bizarre penalty for Italy at Euro 2016 – is ‘seriously considering’ joining Bilic’s side before the deadline.
The player’s father confirmed Juventus won’t sell the player to another Italian club saying: “West Ham are a solution we’d appreciate and represent something more concrete. We’ll have to see what Juventus do and expect news soon.
“We are taking London into serious consideration as his next destination.”
The big striker would be a more agile and less injury prone replacement for Carroll who Bilic has admitted he can no longer rely on.
West Ham fansHammers fans have your say
But who do West Ham fans want to see the club sign?
While it may or may not influence the club’s thinking, West Ham do value the opinion of the club’s supporters with the likes of David Sullivan’s sons Dave and Jack very active on Twitter as are fellow co-owner David Gold and Karren Brady.
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