West Ham have ruled out an SOS call to Jesse Lingard as the club focus on January targets that include Sunderland’s Jack Clarke and Ajax’s Steven Bergwijn.
Manager David Moyes is facing a crisis in attack, with Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen out. Michail Antonio is still injured after suffering a setback in training on Friday and Mohammed Kudus is at the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana.
Moyes had been reluctant to enter the January market, but now accepts reinforcements are needed.
Lingard had a productive loan spell with West Ham in 2021, scoring nine goals in 16 appearances.