West Ham will be unable to work the British loan market in January should they need additions or replacements for players.
And they will need to get rid of a player or two in any event if they are to freshen up the squad.
With Carl Jenkinson and Victor Moses on board they have their quota of UK based players although they are allowed as many as they need from abroad.
As the speculation concerning Diafra Sakho continues to rage a Premier League source confirmed to ClaretandHugh this morning that there was no limit on the number of foreign players a club could loan.
But a Hammers senior source explained: “By and large foreign loans are very expensive and the fact that we have injuries doesn’t change anything on the financial front. We have continually said that there’s no money and that we are on the FFP limit.
“We have a decent squad. They must now stand up and be counted, BUT we don’t need anymore injuries or we will need to move somebody to free up wages.
Bilic has hit a definite blip but if he gets Carroll moving and attacking, the boys have enough players to cross the balls in to dangerous areas.
I’ve heard from my sauce that we are buying a Syrian centre forward and he’s on the way here, trouble is he’s got to walk here but should be here by January, hopefully he won’t pick up a injury on the way