Hammers want Parker to be their loan star

By Alex Shilling, News Editor

West Ham are eyeing up a move to bring former talisman Scott Parker back to East London on loan, according to the Mirror.

The 32 year old has struggled with injuries since his £5m deadline day move to Tottenham after the Hammers' relegation in 2011, and even when fit, has been in and out of the Spurs team.

QPR boss Harry Redknapp is also keen on bringing the Lambeth-born dynamo to his club and was yesterday said to be readying a £2m bid for Parker.

Having splashed the cash on England striker Andy Carroll and having had a £6.7m bid for Colombia U20 star Duvan Zapata accepted by Argentine club Estudiantes, the Hammers can only stretch to a loan move for the former Charlton star but the idea of remaining in the top flight and returning to a ground where he played some of the best football of his career may appeal to Parker more than dropping down a division with the R's.

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