BILIC EYES MOVE FOR VILLA’S AYEW
WEST HAM are considering a £6million summer move for Aston Villa forward Jordan Ayew. Manager Slaven Bilic wants two new strikers for next season with Diafra Sakho to be made available for sale. Recruitment staff have drawn up a list that includes Marseille’s Michy Batshuayi, Alexandre Lacazette of Lyon, Wilfried Bony of Manchester City and Liverpool’s Christian Benteke. None of those would come cheaply but Bilic has a list of support strikers too, with Ayew and Racing Club striker Gustavo Bou among them. Bilic has been impressed with how 24-year-old Ayew has often foraged for goals with little support at Villa and believes he will benefit greatly by linking up with former Marseille team-mate Dimitri Payet. Ayew joined Villa from Lorient for £9.6m but West Ham would hope to prise him away for less than that. Bou is a 26-year-old Argentinian forward who has scored 29 goals in 46 games for Racing and is available for around £5.6m. Sakho, meanwhile, is ready to leave after being overlooked for a new contract when he picked up an injury earlier in the season and expressing his frustration after being dropped for the weekend draw with Arsenal.