West Ham United are set to offer a Premier League striker an enormous wage, and are prepared to make him our sixth highest paid player.
David Moyes desperately needs to bring a top-class striker to West Ham in the summer, and it seems as though the Scot could sign one of the very best in the Premier League.
Moyes actually faces a really uncertain future at the London Stadium, but if he is still in charge in the summer, his priority will be to sign a centre-forward who suits his system and has a history of being prolific in front of goal.
The Hammers boss has really struggled with signing strikers over the past few years, and that’s because he hasn’t yet brought anyone in who can play the role that Michail Antonio can.
That would all change if Moyes brought Dominic Solanke to the London Stadium – a player who we bid £40 million for last summer.
And now it seems as though it could be second time lucky for the Scot…
West Ham to offer Premier League striker £115k-a-week
According to a report from Football Transfers, the Hammers are ready to more than double Solanke’s current salary to around £115k-a-week in order to tempt him into joining us this summer.
I really hope he joins us from Bournemouth – what a signing he would be.
The 26-year-old has been red-hot for Bournemouth so far this season, with 16 goals and four assists in 30 games to his name. He’s bagged 49 league goals since the start of the 2021/22 campaign – a really fine return (Transfermarkt).
He’s currently sitting behind only Erling Haaland, Ollie Watkins and Mohamed Salah in the Premier League goalscoring charts this term, and that in itself tells us all we need to know about his quality.
Crucially, Solanke is the absolutely perfect striker for Moyes’s system. He is always willing to run the channels, and relishes the physical battle with opposing defenders.
If West Ham sign the Premier League striker this summer, I think we’ll be in great shape heading into the 2024/25 season.
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