Bilic eyes up Iheanacho

Slaven Bilic would love to start next season with a new look strike force of Michy Batshuayi and Kelechi Iheanacho.

According to a report on Goal.com the West Ham boss is ready to splash out upto £60m to bring the strikers to the London Stadium.

West Ham have been on the trail of Batshuayi since before he moved to Chelsea but interest in Iheanacho has surfaced over the last few months.

Despite scoring eight goals in the first half of the season the young Nigerian slipped out of Pep Guardiola’s plans after Christmas.

While a loan spell in Germany was considered for next season it’s understood that Everton are considering a £20m bid to take Iheanacho to Goodison Park.

That sort of price would certainly be affordable for West Ham with Bilic running out of patience with Andy Carroll and Andre Ayew.

It seems that West Ham have lost interest in Daniel Sturridge with the package involved for Iheanacho easier for the club to justify.