Irons ready to stuff Turks for Song

West Ham remain confident they can clinch the permanent signature of Alex Song despite likely competition from Galatasaray and others at the end of the season.

The Turkish outfit have long fancied the Hammers “enforcer” but will be unable to snatch him away in January after it was confirmed by co chairman David Gold on Twitter Song’s spell at Upton Park was an ‘until end of season ‘ deal.

That, however, will not stop the Turks making a bid in the summer when the player has made it clear he will make up his mind on “what next?”

But the Hammers – with the rest of the squad nicely settled – will have money to outbid the Turkish outfit given they need the £15 million rated Song and possibly another central defender should Winston Reid move on.

A source told ClaretandHugh: “The whole key to the summer market for us is that we have such a decent strike force and these are the boys who always cost the big money.

“It means for the first time in a long time that we will have a majority of cash to spend elsewhere and obviously the Song signing will become a priority.

“We can throw some money at that knowing too that Alex and his wife in particular love life in London – it’s a deal we want to do.”