West Ham are taken with signing Marseille striker Elye Wahi, talkSPORT understands.
Wahi, who solely signed for his present membership from Lens final summer time, is valued at round £25million.
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The 22-year-old has scored three objectives in 14 appearances for the membership however made solely seven begins in Ligue 1 this season.
West Ham even have Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi on their radar following Niclas Fullkrug’s current damage.
talkSPORT understands Fullkrug is ready to be dominated out for 3 months with a hamstring damage he sustained towards Aston Villa.
Awoniyi was Forest’s prime scorer of their Premier League comeback season within the 2022/23 marketing campaign with ten objectives.
Nevertheless, he has solely netted an additional seven since, with the striker lacking a big chunk of motion accidents final 12 months.
The 27-year-old has performed simply 382 minutes underneath Nuno Espirito Santo this season and made solely two Premier League begins.
His first and solely purpose of the marketing campaign got here off the bench of their 3-0 league win away at Wolves final week.
West Ham presently have one match striker of their squad, with Danny Ings being substituted for Fullkrug within the FA Cup defeat at Villa.
Talking on the injured German, head coach Graham Potter stated on Monday: “It is honest to say it is a vital one.
“Anyone watching the sport, when a participant pulls up like that you understand that one thing pretty critical has occurred.
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“So it is nonetheless early when it comes to full prognosis I’d recommend, however however a big one, quite a lot of weeks.
“Will it’s months? Various weeks in all probability provides as much as months, sure. So yeah, I’d say that.”
The Hammers are additionally with out Michail Antonio as he’s recovering from a damaged leg he sustained in a horror automobile crash final month.
Membership captain Jarrod Bowen is one other attacking absence for West Ham with a fractured foot.