West Ham co-owner David Gold has made no secret of the club’s need to sign a striker this summer.
Although the Hammers ended up scoring the eleventh-most goals of any Premier League side last season, only nine came from out-and-out centre-forwards Jonathan Calleri, Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho, with the latter duo missing much of the campaign through injury.
The problem, however, is that strikers cost a small fortune in this day and age and in comparison to some of the Premier League’s top clubs, West Ham just don’t have that kind of money to spend.
With that in mind, we suggested a short-term fix in the form of Wolfsburg striker Mario Gomez, who bagged 16 goals in the Bundesliga last season and is rated at just £6.38million by Transfermarkt.
And according to our poll, the majority of West Ham fans – 68% – would back a swoop for the 70-cap German international. At 32 years of age, Gomez doesn’t offer much longevity, but he could certainly solve the Irons’ goalscoring problems for the next few seasons.
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