The £40m striker has been opened to West Ham making a move as Sullivan eyes two options up front

West Ham United co-chairman David Sullivan he seems determined to get the manager back Graham Potterand is even considering a double forward attack this January.

West Ham are entering the January market for a new striker after Fullkrug’s strike

Summer signing Niclas Füllkrug has only just returned from an Achilles problem and is actually starting to find his feet, but it wasn’t long before the German was sidelined again, this time suffering from a hamstring injury.

The 31-year-old has been ruled out for three months, a seismic blow for Potter (Gary Jacob), who only have one natural striker in the previously out-of-favour Danny Ings, and West Ham are now looking for solutions in January.

While reporting that he is a RB Leipzig forward Andre Silva is closing in on a move to West Ham He appears to be off the mark, with Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg reporting that the Hammers are serious about a potential deal for Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi, with talks apparently ongoing.

The Nigerian is behind in-form Forest star Chris Wood in the pecking order Nuna Espirito Santo, so much so that the Nigerian has been linked with a move away from the City Ground before February 3rd.

Awoniyi got off to a flying start at the start of the 2023/24 season, but underwent groin surgery midway through the campaign and hasn’t really been able to fight his way back to form since – with Wood scoring for fun instead of the African.

West Ham could also look to sign Evan Ferguson on loan from Brighton towards the end of the window if a move for Awoniyi doesn’t work out, so there are plenty of options for Sullivan, who has a more practical approach to transfers in this window.

“Even more power will lie in the hands of David Sullivan as chairman and co-owner of West Ham, and that includes recruitment in January,” he said David Ornstein recently.

“They need to strengthen their attack in the absence of Michail Antonio and Jarrod Bowen.”

Marcus Rashford is open to joining West Ham as Sullivan eyes two strikers

One of them is a Man United striker Marcus Rashfordwho is widely tipped to leave Old Trafford this month after falling out of favor with Ruben Amorim.

The English representative is attracting interest from Europe, especially AC Milan, and if the move there fails, GiveMeSport claims that Rashford would be ready to move to West Ham and he hasn’t ruled out joining Potter’s side on loan behind the scenes.

GMS also report that the east Londoners could even look to sign two strikers rather than one this month, which would be quite a show of ambition on Potter’s behalf.

Back to Rashford, if West Ham were to want a permanent deal in the future, he would appear to cost approx 40 million pounds.