“Relative ease” | West Ham have route to land striker | OneFootball

West Ham appear to have a clear route to land a striker target this January transfer window.

The club are currently in the midst of an injury crisis with regards to forward options, with Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen and Niclas Fullkrug all currently out, heaping pressure on the club to bring in a new forward to provide Graham Potter firepower.

However, with it being January, the market is typically difficult to operate in, with the club again appearing to be struggling to progress or even commence negotiations for targets.

Reporting on The West Ham Way, club insider ExWHUEmployee has updated on the current state of play, with the club hitting stumbling blocks.

“Fulham have made it very clear they do not wish to sell Rodrigo Muniz and their manager even went as far as to say they will not entertain any offers for the player in his press conference,” reported Ex.

“Therefore any form of movement on that stance is likely to require a very large offer from us which we are not prepared to do.”

Ex also has provided an update on other targets, with the club again running into similar stumbling blocks in trying to enable talks to negotiate a potential transfer.

“Taiwo Awoniyi is another target who we really like and negotiations have continued today but it does appear Nottingham Forest are reluctant to entertain any offers,” stated Ex. “Forest are obviously having a sensational season and whilst Chris Wood is their first choice, Awoniyi is second and if they were to let him go now they would in turn need a replacement.

“This is a bit of a common theme especially during a January transfer window where clubs do not want to let players go.

“Evan Ferguson still presents an interesting option. We are still keen, as are many others, but injuries to him and his fellow forwards have delayed any movement.

“Evann Guessand and Jonathan David also still remain targets but it looks likely at this stage that we may have to wait to the summer before making a move.”

However there is some positive news for West Ham, with it understood that Andre Silva of RB Leipzig is keen on a move to east London, with a deal appearing to be one the club can progress with relative ease.

“One forward who is definitely available and wants to join and could be sorted quite quickly is that of Andre Silva,” added Ex. “The Portuguese international is extremely experienced having played in 2 world cups, one European championship and having played in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany.

“He is said to want to play in England now. Whilst this transfer is clearly a gamble and we haven’t got a good track record of foreign forward signings, with it only being a loan deal with an option to buy it could be a gamble worth trying.

“Silva is 29 so age isn’t in his side but the club have expressed a desire to bring in a couple of younger forwards in the summer.”