West Ham were among those interested in signing Christian Benteke last summer from Liverpool.
The Belgian centre-forward was made available for transfer but the Hammers pursued other targets and the former Aston Villa man signed for Crystal Palace in a £30m deal and scored 15 goals in 36 Premier League games – more goals than all of West Ham strikers combined.
One year on, and the Hammers are still looking for a striker and are again considering making an approach for Christian Benteke, say Sky Sports.
It’s unlikely that Crystal Palace will want to offload their record signing just one year after his arrival and off the back of a very productive season, but his future, along with those of a number of players following the resignation of Sam Allardyce remains uncertain.
In addition, the new manager may want to go in a different direction and look to sell Benteke, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Slaven Bilic wants to spend big on a striker and with a deal for Kelechi Iheanacho stalling, he’s drawing up a shortlist of alternatives.
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