Steve Bruce has admitted that West Ham are favourites to land Arsenal full-back Carl Jenkinson on loan.
At the weekend it looked as if the 22-year-old full back would be on his way to the KC Stadium after the Tigers made a bid worth around £4million.However Bruce, speaking to Talksport this morning admitted defeat in his attempts to lure the once-capped English international to Humberside, who is set to join West Ham on a season-long loan.
"There's about five or six clubs who would be interested in Carl because he's a very good player," he told Alan Brazil. "But Sam's in the box seat because of being in London, so I'm led to believe.
"He was someone in whom we showed an interest but when a really good, young player comes out of Arsenal or one of the other big clubs then a club like ours is always looking for something like that.
"He's got about five or six [clubs] to choose from, I would have thought. We did show interest but I'm led to believe that the boy wants to stay in London."
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