Eric's trip?

  • by Staff Writer
  • Sunday, 21st August 2011

West Ham are set to launch another raid on the transfer marker this week with at least one attacking player expected to arrive.

With Carlton Cole the only striker in the first team squad to have hit the net so far this season, Sam Allardyce - who allowed Zavon Hines to join Burnley last week - is keen to boost his options up front before the end of the summer transfer window.

And one name that continues to be linked with United is that of Eric Mouloungui, a converted winger with whom the club were first linked at the beginning of the month.

We reported how the 27-year-old's current club Nice rejected an offer from West Ham but were prepared to sell the Gabon international should a more suitable offer be made.

And it is though that the Hammers have now returned with a second bid that could see Mouloungui finally arrive at the club.

Elsewhere the Mail Online suggest that West Ham are about to make a £1.5million offer for MK Dons striker Sam Baldock, who United boss Sam Allardyce watched score a hat-trick in his side's 6-2 thrashing of Chesterfield on Saturday.

Although it could simply be a case of the Mail putting two and two together, the 22-year-old would appeal to Allardyce and his employers in the board room who have already been priced out of moves for Shane Long, Nicky Maynard and Max Gradel this summer.

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