West Ham agree terms for first summer signing as striker says ‘Yes’ to move claims Times journalist

After being turned down by Jonathan David and ruled out of the running for Liam Delap, West Ham have finally found a striker who wants to join them.

West Ham fans make sure you are sitting down, because there is some good news out of the club five weeks out from the opening of the summer transfer window.

Yes Hammers supporters, you did just read that correctly – GOOD news regarding West Ham United.

It has been in short supply of late with a constant stream of negative stories – many emerging from club insiders and journalists who count board members as close contacts.

West Ham have reportedly been turned down by a host of targets already ahead of Graham Potter’s big summer rebuild.

West Ham striker search finally bears fruit?

Jonathan David always looked like an unrealistic pipedream.

It was nevertheless talked up by a number of Hammers sites ad nauseum.

Hammers News insisted from the start any chance of signing David was complete pie in the sky – with the Canada forward making it clear himself on several occasions he will be joining a team playing in the Champions League.

Ipswich Town’s Liam Delap, a striker Dave and Jack Sullivan have been raving about to their majority owner dad David Sullivan, looked a more realistic prospect.

Especially with a £30m release clause making him a relative bargain by modern terms.

However, a dearth of striker talent across Europe means Delap is highly sought after elsewhere with Man United, Newcastle and Chelsea locked in a three-way battle.

With £125k per week flop Danny Ings leaving when his contract expires at the end of the season and 35-year-old Michail Antonio also out of contract as things stand, it is imperative West Ham sign at least one – if not two – new strikers this summer.