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title: "West Ham weighing up permanent deal for Jonathan Calleri"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
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published: "2017-04-13T10:46:59Z"
modified: "2017-04-13T10:46:59Z"
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# West Ham weighing up permanent deal for Jonathan Calleri

This season has been a real struggle for West Ham and Jonathan Calleri.

The Argentine striker joined on a season-long loan from Uruguayan side Deportivo Maldonado and the Hammers beat off the likes of Sevilla and Inter Milan to land his loan signature.

In purely a move to put his name out there in Europe and try to land a lucrative transfer the following summer, Calleri really hasn’t lived up to the hype since arriving at the club.

With 14 appearances to his name to date and no starts in the Premier League, it’s fair to say that Slaven Bilic hasn’t had much faith in the former Boca Juniors standout, but that could be changing.

Many thought that his goal at Middlesbrough would be the catalyst for a turn in form but he only played 47 minutes of football in the nine games between then and the Swansea match last weekend.

Calleri replaced an injured Michail Antonio in the first half and really put in a good shift. His off the ball movement was very good, his hold up play was solid and overall it was a decent outing, even if the end product wasn’t always there.

There’s talk that he could start at Sunderland this weekend with Antonio out and both Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho not at 100% in what could very well be his last chance to make a lasting impression.

When asked today about the chances of signing the 23-year-old on a permanent basis, Bilic hinted that the club are still weighing up the decision.

> Twitter: BILIC: “We’re going to see about @Jocalleri. He’s a very good professional. He is not a regular but he never dropped 1% of energy.” (@WestHamUtd)

Las Palmas were keen on take him on loan in January when the Hammers were expected to terminate his contract with the club, but a decision was made to keep him around and perhaps we’re about to reap the rewards of that decision.