Big Sam has a wishlist of 25 players this January

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has handed a wishlist of 25 players to the club’s co-owner David Gold.

West Ham are currently fighting for promotion back into the premier league and are 2nd in the Championship table with 43 points in 22 games, one point behind table toppers Southampton. 20 players, including striker Demba Ba and midfielder Scott Parker left the club over the summer but they managed to add 12 players before the transfer window ended. However, Big Sam is keen to add more reinforcements to his squad in January and has made a list of 25 players.

Big Sam wants promotion!

Gold told Sky Sports News:

“I understand that Sam has identified 25 targets. Just the 25.

“What Sam is saying is ‘these are the kinds of players that I monitor all the time’. He watches them all the time. When I say watches, these are the players he likes.

“If the opportunity arises then he’ll come to us and say look ‘I’d like to add this player to our squad’. Or he might come to us and say look ‘We’re having problems in this area, we need to strengthen’.

“Then he’d come to us and say ‘This is the player I’d like to bring in to solve to that problem’. To help to achieve what we all want, whether it be David Sullivan, myself, the players, the fans, Sam himself, we all want promotion.”

Big Sam had made his intentions clear when he told the press yesterday that it’s either promotion or bust this season for West Ham, adding that his wife had warned him against accepting the tough job at the Hammers.