Cole left the Hammers in 2003 to join Chelsea but is still a firm fan favourite after coming through the academy at the east London club and going on to become a regular England player while still with West Ham.
Allardyce know that he will need to strengthen his squad as he looks to follow the example of the trio of clubs who were promoted last season and all managed to stay in the Premier League.
The Daily Mail has suggested that Cole is not the only former Hammer that is wanted by Big Sam as he also wants to sign Nigel Reo-Coker and Kieran Richardson.
Liverpool loaned out Cole for the entirety of last season to French side Lille but West Ham are hoping that he would prefer to stay in England and make a return to his home town of London.
One possible sticking point could be the wages of the 30-year-old who is believes to earn somewhere in the region of £90,000-a-week at Liverpool.
It seems as though Allardyce will have funds to work with as well over the summer as co-owner David Gold revealed there would be a significant transfer kitty for the club.
‘If we didn’t win then we would have needed to cut our cloth accordingly," Gold told the Daily Mail. "We wouldn’t have sat there deluding ourselves. It would have cost probably around another £30m."
No comments:
Post a Comment