West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has told the Newham Recorder that he wants to sign Wigan Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa when the defender's contract at the DW Stadium runs out at the end of the season. The Hammers have been strongly linked with the Honduran international in rcent weeks and now Big Sam has admitted he is poised to move for the 27 year old at the end of the current campaign.
The Irons chief told the paper "when you look at what he (Figueroa) has done at Wigan, there will be a lot of clubs interested in him over the summer- and we will be one of those clubs." Allardyce was however at pains to stress that any deal would be very much dependent on both the Hammers' Premier League survival and on the left back being out of contract. "We would be looking at any player that might be available in the summer- if we stay in this league."
If we take that last remark of the gaffer's literally, then in the evemt we are relegated, we won't be signing any players that are "available" in the summer, so would beginning the next campaign in the Championship without any new signings- hardly likely. Thus, I think it is safe to conclude that if we stay up, we will be making a move for Figueroa. It is pretty unusual for a manager to declare interest in February in a player he wants to sign in the summer, so this; if not quite a done deal; is certainly well on its way.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
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