West Ham ‘sound out’ £30m striker with Fullkrug ‘decided’ to depart in January

West Ham have now reached out to a striker forward of the January window with injury-prone flop Niclas Füllkrug vying for the London Stadium exit door, based on a brand new report.

Fullkrug’s time at West Ham has been marked extra by damage woes than by affect on the pitch, as persistent health issues have severely restricted his capacity to ship the targets West Ham hoped for once they signed him.

Arriving with excessive expectations as a striker able to including much-needed firepower, particularly after 16 targets in all competitions throughout his final season at Borussia Dortmund, Fullkrug’s tenure has been marred by repeated setbacks.

The 32-year-old, who price West Ham chair David Sullivan and co round £27 million to signal in the summertime of 2024, missed a mixed 28 video games for membership and nation final time period by way of damage.

It is led to critics like Gabriel Agbonlahor and lots of others questioning West Ham’s unusual determination to take a position that a lot cash in a 30-plus-year-old ahead with a historical past of bodily issues.

Fortunately for Nuno Espírito Santo, dependable membership insider ExWHUemployee has claimed that Fullkrug is because of return after the following worldwide break and is definitely forward of schedule in his restoration.

Nonetheless, the accidents have come far too continuously for West Ham’s liking, with Nuno left to choose up the items just lately.

The Portuguese went with Lucas Paqueta as a false 9 to cowl Fullkrug in West Ham’s Premier League defeats in opposition to Brentford and Leeds, however Callum Wilson was given the beginning spot for his or her 3-1 win in opposition to Newcastle final weekend.

Insiders recommend that Nuno truly would not fancy Wilson at West Ham, however he is left with little selection to pick out him as their solely pure striker bar inexperienced teen Callum Marshall.

West Ham’s scarcity of striker choices has led to credible experiences that they are available in the market for one more centre-forward in January, in addition to a defender and midfielder (Sky Sports activities).

West Ham sound out Ivan Toney with Niclas Füllkrug ‘decided’ to depart

Now, based on TEAMtalk, there’s been an replace on their pursuit of Al-Ahli striker Ivan Toney.

Journalist Alan Nixon has beforehand reported that West Ham have accomplished some work on a deal for Toney forward of January, with the Hammers nonetheless apparently in competition.

The 29-year-old, who’s poised for a tricky battle to get into Thomas Tuchel’s England squad forward of subsequent summer time’s World Cup, has been largely excluded from the Three Lions arrange since his transfer to Saudi Arabia.

Toney’s solely been referred to as up simply as soon as in that point, and with USA 2026 looming, he might effectively be tempted by the prospect of a return to Britain.

Al-Ahli need round £30 million to half methods completely within the winter, however it’s an asking worth no person is keen to pay proper now, so the almost definitely answer is a mortgage to purchase.

Even then, the Irons must discover a method round his sky-high wages, with Toney incomes north of £400,000-per-week within the Gulf.

However, TEAMtalk state that West Ham have sounded out Toney a couple of potential January transfer, however they don’t seem to be alone, with Tottenham and Everton additionally circling.

All of this comes with Fullkrug described as ‘decided’ to depart the membership mid-season, following what’s been a nightmare one-and-a-half 12 months keep to this point.

In response to Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg, the centre-forward has already knowledgeable West Ham of his determination, so the signing of a striker is certainly one to look at in January.