Hammers appear out of race for top striker

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West Ham’s hopes of signing Darwun Nunez appear to have shrunk to near zero.

Despite it being widely understood that David Moyes is unready to spend a large percentage of his window budget on a striker  he would unquestionably had done so had he had a real chance of landing the Uruguay front man.

He believed he had got his man on deadline day last time around before the player and club staged a disappearing act with a near £60 million fee believed to have been agreed.

ClaretandHugh has since been told the player was at the top of their list of preferred forwards but there has been no contact with the club since.

In the meantime it is not hard to work out that other top clubs are keen on the 22 year old Benfica star the likes of PSG, Liverpool and Manchester United have all been linked with the powerful 22-year-old (The Independent).

The Hammers may try again for Ollie Watkins at Aston Villa hoping  manager Steve Gerrard is bluffing in a bid to get the fee above £50 million.