Many and varied are the striker targets for West Ham this January. Without Michail Antonio and Jarrod Bowen, the urgency to bring a Premier League-quality goal scorer into the club is greater than at any stage since Gianluca Scamacca was sold.
Currently riding high on the rumour-mill ratings are Middlesboro’s Latte-Lath and Brighton’s Ferguson: However, Matt Law at the telegraph.co.uk :“West Ham weigh up striker swoop with Evan Ferguson and Hwang Hee-chan on shortlist” threw a new name into the mix that I’d not heard linked with West Ham this window
The new striker on the radar yesterday was that of Wolves’ forward Hwang Hee-Chan. I’m not sure that would prove an easy deal for West Ham, Wolves having turned down a bid of £21 million from Marseille for the 28 year old (nicknamed ‘the bull’) last summer. New coach Vitor Pereira has used the South Korean twice and he has scored two goals already in return.
The striker scored four goals in 19 games under Lopetegui at Wolves
Quite where West Ham will secure their goal scorer in January is hard to guess. No club wants to part with a quality player in the middle of the season so Steidten and Sullivan will have their work cut out bringing anybody worthwhile into the club.
Especially with the modest budget West Ham have, it may well be that a loan signing becomes the only option as the Hammers go cap in hand, seeking to pick up another club’s out-of-favour attacker with a point to prove and a career to rebuild à la Jesse Lingard.
