West Ham are hopeful of signing Jermain Defoe for FREE!
According to a report in The Sun the Sunderland striker could be available for free if the Black Cats are relegated.
Davie Moyes side are 1/8 on favourites to go down and are currently seven points away from safety with ten games left to play.
Sunderland rejected a £6m bid for Defoe in January but that gamble looks unlikely to pay off in this years battle against relegation.
Defoe started his career at West Ham but left under a cloud after handing in a transfer request the day after they were relegated. Since leaving Upton Park he has become one of the top scorers in the EPL despite a brief stint with
Many West Ham fans have never forgiven the striker but with a recall to the England squad and scoring more than half of Sunderland’s Premier League goals he’d be a welcome addition to Bilic’s squad for next season.