Free signing striker scenario looks a non starter

Yarmo may be an emergency cover option

West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini looks 100 per cent to not be signing any free agent as cover for injuries to either of his strikers Seb Haller or Albian Ajeti.

For of the many players in the situation this season only Wilfried Bony – currently being linked with the Brighton and Hove Albion – has Premier League experience as shown by https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/vertragslosespieler.

The manager presumably looked through the list of players available in such an event given the injury to Michail Antonio and will surely have been as unimpressed as most of us.

Other striker are available but most are of advancing years with little or no pedigree at the level required and with youngster Xande Silva still recovering from surgery, Haller and Ajeti’s continuing fitness is key.

However, should an emergency arise the most likely scenario would probably be for Andriy Yarmolenko to take over through the middle.

The Ukranian has scored 105 goals in 221 games, 99 of which came during his time with Dynamo Kiev.