West Ham United manager David Moyes worked with Bournemouth striker Jermain Defoe at Sunderland last season.
West Ham United may have Javier Hernandez and Andy Carroll on their books, but it would not hurt to have another quality striker in the squad.
True, Hernandez is a proven goalscorer, but Carroll is injury-prone, and the Hammers could do with another player in that department with Premier League experience.
Enter Jermain Defoe.
Defoe knows the Premier League inside out and is a proven goalscorer, and it would not be a bad idea from West Ham to make a move for Defoe in the January transfer window.
The 35-year-old joined Bournemouth in the summer transfer window after leaving Sunderland at the end of last season and is on £65,000-a-week salary at the Cherries, as reported by The Sun.
The former Tottenham Hotspur striker is struggling for playing time at the moment, having scored just one goal in six Premier League starts.
Newly West Ham manager David Moyes worked with Defoe at Sunderland last season, and it would be a wise of idea to at least make an approach to the Cherries.
Moreover, Defoe started his professional club football career at West Ham and admitted to FourFourTwo that he regrets the way he left the London club.
It would be a great homecoming for the Englishman, especially if he scores the goals needed to keep West Ham in the Premier League for next season.
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