West Ham fans thought it couldn’t get any worse when Andre Ayew was ruled out for four months, so news that Andy Carroll will miss around six weeks with the latest in a long run of injuries has been met with groans of frustration.
Although the big Englishman divides opinion, he’s a good option in the Premier League and an essential player given the lack of depth at the London Stadium – exposed by Antonio Valencia starting up front against Bournemouth. Slaven Bilic has hinted that one more transfer is on his agenda after ten additions this summer, and it would not be a huge leap to suggest that a striker is the mystery man.
Although there’s only a week and a bit left in which to do business, there are many, many centre-forwards out there available to a club like West Ham, and here are FIVE that should be on the Irons’ agenda…