West Brom eye Salomon Kalou signing after ex-Chelsea striker rejects West Ham
Baggies now in driving seat to land Ivory Coast striker after Hammers refuse to play ex-Chelsea forward up top
Dean Mouhtaropoulos
Salomon Kalou is set to snub a Premier League return to West Ham - because they will not cave in to his demand to play down the middle.
West Brom, like West Ham, have agreed a £4million fee for the Ivory Coast forward.
And it is the Baggies who are now favourites to land the 27-year-old striker, released on a free transfer from Chelsea last summer.
Kalou is desperate to return to the Premier League from French club Lille,
where he scored 14 goals last season.
But West Ham's main striker is England hitman Andy Carroll and Upton Park
boss Sam Allardyce is refusing to guarantee that he will accommodate Kalou
in the way the Ivory Coast striker would prefer.
Kalou knows West Brom boss Steve Clarke from the time the pair spent at
Chelsea but it is as yet unclear whether he will receive the assurances he
wants from Clarke over the position he wants to play.
Both West Ham and West Brom are searching for one more striker with the
Hammers having landed Carroll and the Baggies capturing Nicolas Anelka this
summer.
West Brom, like West Ham, have agreed a £4million fee for the Ivory Coast forward.
And it is the Baggies who are now favourites to land the 27-year-old striker, released on a free transfer from Chelsea last summer.
Kalou is desperate to return to the Premier League from French club Lille,
where he scored 14 goals last season.
But West Ham's main striker is England hitman Andy Carroll and Upton Park
boss Sam Allardyce is refusing to guarantee that he will accommodate Kalou
in the way the Ivory Coast striker would prefer.
Kalou knows West Brom boss Steve Clarke from the time the pair spent at
Chelsea but it is as yet unclear whether he will receive the assurances he
wants from Clarke over the position he wants to play.
Both West Ham and West Brom are searching for one more striker with the
Hammers having landed Carroll and the Baggies capturing Nicolas Anelka this
summer.
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