Zaza has not been a roaring success since his loan move from Italy.
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has insisted, as quoted by the Guardian, that the club will not be cutting short summer signing Simone Zaza’s loan spell in England.
Zaza joined the Hammers on loan from Italian champions Juventus as a long-running transfer saga concluded late in the summer transfer window.
The deal to bring the Italy international to the London Stadium reportedly stipulates that West Ham will have to pay Juve £20 million to sign the 25-year-old permanently if he reaches 14 Premier League appearances.
Zaza’s total currently stands at four league games, but he has failed to score in any of his five appearances in all competitions so far in England.
His performances have been desperately disappointing after he arrived from Serie A with big billing, but Bilic has insisted that talk of the Hammers cutting short his loan to avoid the big-money transfer are nonsense.
The Croatian boss said, via the Guardian: “This one is false. He’s our player, we got him, he’s here. He’s training good and we expect him to do the job.
“I have to make a decision on Zaza over Saturday. That is the only decision I am thinking about: the game against Palace. The only thing I am thinking about Saturday is not about the situation in his contract or around his contract but is he going to be the one I will put at centre-forward? The only objective is can he do it against Palace?”
West Ham spent an entire summer trying to solve their striker issues, but things have not worked out for them at all so far this term.
Zaza is misfiring, fellow signing Andre Ayew picked up a serious injury on his debut, and Andy Carroll has struggled with his typical fitness problems.
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