Are Hammers Scraping The Smörgåsbord?

With only Diafra Sakho, Enner Valencia and the recently arrived Nene available as the club's strikers there is a paucity of choice up front in case there are injuries or suspensions. Elliot Lee and Mauro Zarate are out on loan to Luton Town and QPR respectively, so it is strange that Hammers are looking towards a Swedish teenager for the future. 18 year old striker, Robert Lipovac, plays for BK Hacken in Gothenburg, but his club have given him permission to visit West Ham this week where he is training with the club's U21 squad. The highly thought of youngster's representative, Linus Jacobsson, said: 'West Ham sent an official invitation to Hacken, who thought it was good timing and a good experience for Robert,so they released him for a week."
Could this young Swede be one of the 'topics' under discussion at the much talked about 'summit' of Chadwell Heath meeting the other week? It seems irrespective of whether Sam Allardyce is offered a new contract, which now increasingly appears to be unlikely, that future recruitment will be more under the guidance of David Sullivan and Tony Henry than by Sam Allardyce and Martin Glover!
In the end it will probably be Big Sam's inflexibility in the transfer market rather than the perceived playing style of his team and his insistence on being to loyal to past it players that will 'do' for him. Don't feel too sorry for Mr Allardyce, as he eventually wafts away from West Ham in his Overfinch Range Rover, he will be able to reflect and be proud of a job well done. He did exactly what he was very well paid for, and should he wish, would not be short of job offers, who knows, maybe he could replace Woy? -Ed