Hammers make €25m bid for striker

West Ham have made a new €25m bid for an unnamed striker last night and the board await an answer from his parent club this morning.

The name of the player isn’t being released until the deal is successful to avoid alerting other clubs into making late bids.

Last week the Hammers failed with €25m bids for Cologne’s Anthony Modeste and Villarreal’s Cedric Bakambu. They have since discontinued their interest in the pair when they were quoted ridiculous prices which in the case of Modeste was €40m for a 29-year-old.

A senior source told Claret and Hugh: “We are trying to sign players. It’s a very difficult market. We put in another 25m euro bid tonight.”