Hammers could look to Real Madrid for loan option
The 27-year-old has only made six appearances this season and the Spanish giants and the player are open to a loan move.
The former Lyon striker was targeted by West Brom last summer but would prefer a move to London and Moyes’ formation suits his style.
West Ham sold Sebastien Haller to Ajax for £20m earlier this week and have drawn up a list targets.
While the Hammers are at their maximum two domestic loans with Craig Dawson and Said Benhrama they are allowed an unlimited number of foreign arrivals on that basis subject to the homegrown squad rule that states seven of the squad of twenty-five must be classified as homegrown.
There has also been talk that the Hammers could approach Real Madrid for another striker, another report by Caught Offside claims that David Moyes made an enquiry about Seb Haller’s old teammate Luka Jovic.
Moyes will need to be considerably on the case should he dive into the foreign loan market given previous experience with very few January arrivals from |Europe working out.
Things are not as desperate this time around with the Hammers holding a much healthier league position.
But there can be kittle question that a forward is required despite the manager’s claims that he may need to play with a false striker if he fails to find the right player.