West Ham could be set to sign loan flop Simone Zaza permanently – before immediately flogging him to Napoli.
The Italian has made a miserable start to life at West Ham, failing to score in his first nine appearances for the club.
Reports in Italy have suggested that Napoli are ready to rescue him from his Hammers nightmare by attempting to land him in January.
However, Gazzetta dello Sport has suggested that the frosty relationship between Napoli and his parent club Juventus could prevent that deal ever materialising.
So it has now been reported that West Ham will take up the option of buying Zaza from Juve, despite his poor form, and then move him straight on to Napoli.