West Ham have registered their interest in signing AS Roma striker Edin Dzeko this summer.
According to Italian source Calciomercato, the Serie A side are looking to sell the flow striker in the coming weeks in order to make way for new signings.
The Bosnian international joined AS Roma on loan last summer with a fixed buy option set at £8m, a deal which has been concluded recently.
However, manager Luciano Spaletti is already looking to sell the striker who failed to live up to the hype when he first joined, scoring just eight Serie A goals in 31 appearances last season.
Dzeko spent four years at Manchester City following a blockbuster £27.5m move from Bundesliga side Wolfsburg but was never able to nail down a regular starting place for the club.
Despite this he had a strong goal-scoring record, especially off the bench, for Manchester City, scoring 72 goals and recording 39 assists in 189 games for the club.
Roma see Dzeko as only a good squad rotation player but not a viable started and have therefore placed him on the transfer list with West Ham keen to bring him back to the Premier League.
The Hammers have been linked with a number of big name strikers this summer, their key target still remains Lyon Alexandre Lacazette. Having seen a £32m bid turned down by the Ligue side, the Hammers will make one final offer for the 24-year-old but still refuse to meet their £40m asking-price, but they have been boosted by the fact that Lacazette is open to a move to the Hammers having seen the success fellow countryman Dimitri Payet has had while at the club.
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