West Ham manager David Moyes will almost certainly prioritise a striker signing in the summer having allowed Sebastien Haller to leave in January.
The powerful Ivorian wasn’t replaced in the Hammers squad and subsequent injuries to Michail Antonio have left the Scot bereft of options as a focal point in attack.
Links with numerous frontmen have since emerged and the saga looks as though it could rumble on into the opening weeks of the transfer window at least.
TalkSPORT pundit and former Chelsea defender Jason Cundy this week has told the station, as cited on Twitter that Southampton ace Danny Ings would be the ‘perfect’ candidate.
There is a place for him in a team higher up than Southampton. He’s too good to be playing for a side that’s threatened by relegation. I don’t know whether he’s going to be big enough to do it at that level [Champions League]. I think Champions League football is what he needs, for my money, needs to have proven himself in. I think West Ham’s perfect. He will score goals in whatever team you put him in. He will score goals. West Ham feels a nice fit, doesn’t it?
Despite injury issues this season, Ings has netted 12 Premier League goals in 26 appearances – three more than top Irons trio Antonio, Tomas Soucek and Jesse Lingard.
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Signing the 3-cap England man from a domestic rival would be a huge statement of intent from West Ham.
Having battled with the likes of Southampton on numerous occasions in previous campaigns, to be taking their prized assets from them would show just how much progress has been made at the London Stadium.
Valued at £19.8million and with just over a year left on his current deal at St Mary’s, there is a possibility Ings could indeed move on this summer.
