West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has confirmed his interest in signing wantaway Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka.<\/p>\n
Anelka is set to leave Stamford Bridge after having a transfer request accepted by Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman is thought to have agreed a move to Chinese outfit Shanghai Shenhua and will quit West London when the transfer window reopens in January.<\/p>\n
However Allardyce, who worked with Anelka at Bolton, admits he is keeping tabs on the striker’s situation, although he concedes he would only move for the 32-year-old on a free transfer in the summer rather than next month.<\/p>\n
“If Nicolas is available, I’d be massively interested,” Allardyce told The Sun.<\/p>\n
“I’ve not contacted Chelsea and am just looking at the situation with January looming.<\/p>\n
“It would be an end-of-season pursuit rather than next month.<\/p>\n
“We need to get into the Premier League – and then we’d have a better chance of signing someone of Nicolas’ quality.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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