Javier Hernandez is keen to quit Bayer Leverkusen and join West Ham this summer, according to the Telegraph.
The newspaper claim that the goal poacher, 29, wants to make a return to the Premier League two years after leaving Manchester United.
The Telegraph report that Hammers manager Slaven Bilic would “love” to partner Hernandez with Stoke City wide man Marko Arnautovic and Michail Antonio in a re-shaped front line, which he believes would solve the club’s problem of a lack of goal threat.
West Ham co-chairman David Gold has already publicly stated that the club’s main targets this summer are a centre-forward and a forward who can play wide.
It is said that Hernandez’s wage demands are the main sticking point to a deal as his Leverkusen salary is around £125,000-a-week and he wants to maintain that if he quits the Bundesliga club.
The 94-time Mexico international, who has notched up an impressive 48 goals for his country, has just 12 months remaining on his Leverkusen contract.
He has showed in the Bundesliga that his fox in the box qualities that are well remembered by Premier League audiences remain firmly intact.
Hernandez has scored 39 goals from 76 Leverkusen matches after his 158 matches for United yielded 59 goals and 20 assists as well as two Premier League winners’ medals.
The Mexican was often used as an impact substitute and his goals-per-minutes ratio for the club was particularly impressive.
Hernandez made 36 appearances for Leverkusen last season, scoring 13 goals and picking up four assists as his campaign was disrupted by injuries which kept him out of several matches.