West Ham simply must sign a striker in January – and here’s why

SPOILER ALERT: Andy Carroll is still plagued by injury

Andy Carroll has (again) been injured for much of the season so far, the Englishman looks no closer to putting his injury problems behind him. The 27-year-old his currently out with a knee problem and has made a grand total of one Premier League appearance so far this term.

With the big man not looking like being available for consistent Premier League minutes anytime soon the hammers should look to add an option in the striking department to ease their relegation concerns.