UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, Tottenham have signed Gudjohnsen on loan for the rest of the season.

January 26th, 2010 According to Sky Sports News, Gudjohnsen has taken a medical for West Ham United. It is also reported that Tottenham are interested in the Monaco striker as well.

January 23rd, 2010 According to Paul Smith at MirrorFootball, Monaco striker Eidur Gudjohnsen is set to sign with West Ham United on loan. It is reported that he is flying to England tonight to complete the deal.

According to Rupert Fryer at Goal.com, La Repubblica is reporting that Parma are interested in signing West Ham United midfielder Luis Jimenez on loan for the rest of the season.

UPDATE: According to the Lancashire Telegraph, West Ham United have agreed to a deal with Blackburn for McCarthy. It is also reported that McCarthy has agreed to a two-and-a-half year deal with the club.

January 20th, 2010 According to the Lancashire Telegraph, West Ham United are interested in Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy. However it is reported that the club will have to offer more than £1.5million to sign him.

UPDATE: According to Real Madrid’s official website, striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy has signed with Hamburg on a free transfer.

January 22nd, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, David Sullivan confirmed that the offer was for Nistelrooy. Sullivan said,

“We know Spurs wanted him but we have offered far more money … You could say it doesn’t make sense because I have been critical of others who have overspent at this club, but that is missing the point.

“There has to be different wages for different players, and if we have identified one special player, and strikers are special, we have to pay the going rate to get him … And even offering as much as we have done, we are still competing with one foreign club. It’s now down to us and a foreign club, and I believe we shall know in the next 72 hours, but they have a big advantage.

“We are lumbered with a 50% tax rate, the pound is weak against the euro, so it doesn’t make it particularly attractive for a foreign player. But Van Nistelrooy wants to come back to the Premier League so we do have a fighting chance, and we are waiting to hear. But we also have a fallback position or two, because we have identified the need for at least one striker.”

It is also reported by James Riach at Sky Sports News that Tottenham aren’t going to break the bank for Nistelrooy as they feel it is too big of a gamble.

January 22nd, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United have made an offer of £100,000-a-week for a striker. Owner David Sullivan told BBC Radio 5 Live,

“We’ve offered £100,000-a-week to a player today and we are still not sure we are going to get him … That was a very special player … There’s no transfer fee involved and he’s got the choice of almost every club in Europe. He has played at the highest level. He’s down to three clubs and West Ham are the only English club still in the hunt for him.”

“We can carry one exceptional player, who would make a difference on that wage, but generally we have to bring the wages down and in the summer we would hope to sign younger players on a fraction of those wages.

Some are reporting the offer was for Real Madrid striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy who is possibly available on loan.

UPDATE: According to West Ham United’s official website, Nigel Quashie has signed with QPR for the rest of the season after being released by West Ham United.

January 14th, 2010 According to the Daily Star, West Ham United midfielder Nigel Quashie is nearing a move to QPR for around £500,000.

According to Ken Dyer & Matthew Beard at the London Evening Standard, West Ham United are interested in Aston Villa defender Luke Young.

According to Ken Dyer at the London Evening Standard, West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola has up to £8million to spend on two strikers and a defender.

Accoridng to Ian Doyle at the Daily Post, West Ham United are considering going after Manchester City striker Jo, who is currently on loan at Everton.

According to West Ham United’s official website, David Gold and David Sullivan purchased 50% of West Ham United and will take over control of the team.

UPDATE: According to Paul Smith at MirrorFootball, Manchester City made a bid of £5million and striker Benjani Mwaruwari for West Ham United midfielder Valon Behrami that was turned down.

January 15th, 2010 According to Ken Dyer at the London Evening Standard, West Ham United will not be selling midfielder Valon Behrami. Technical director Gianluca Nani said,

UPDATE: According to Ken Dyer at the London Evening Standard, West Ham United will not be selling midfielder Valon Behrami. Technical director Gianluca Nani said,

“There is no way we will sell Behrami.”

January 13th, 2010 According to Sky Sports News, the agent of West Ham United footballer Valon Behrami expects his client to stay at the club this month. Allessandro Beltrami told Itasport,

UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, the agent of West Ham United footballer Valon Behrami expects his client to stay at the club this month. Allessandro Beltrami told Itasport,

“A return to Italy for Behrami is a rumour … His price tag is high - only a few teams can afford to spend 15million euros in January.”

“I don’t think that, at this time, either Roma or Lazio have this economic possibility … Only one other team in the Premier League (Man City) spend so much in this market.”

January 8th, 2010 According to Darren Lewis at MirrorFootball, West Ham United are going to have a tough time holding onto Valon Behrami as he is drawing interest from Lazio and Roma.

According to Pa Sports at MirrorFootball, West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola is targeting a striker this month to replace the injured Guillermo Franco. Several names mentioned are: Nuno Gomes, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Marlon Harewood, and James Beattie.

According to Ashley Gray at the Daily Mail, West Ham United have made a bid to sign Zenit St Petersburg stiker Sergey Kornilenko on loan. Tom Tomsk (his former team) president Valeri Nepomniachi said:

“Apart from out interest, Sergey has proposals from a foreign club and a top Russian club … Sergey admitted that he’d like to play for Tom again, but the question is what proposal will be more interesting for him.”

“It is our understanding that West Ham are interested, so our chances are probably not too great. Nevertheless, we’ve made an offer for Kornilenko.”

According to Arsenal’s official website, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger dismissed the rumors linking him with West Ham striker Carlton Cole and Crystal Palace midfielder Victor Moses. When asked about these links, Wenger said,

“No, there is nothing in them [the rumours].”

According to Darren Lewis at MirrorFootball, West Ham United are going to have a tough time holding onto Valeri Behrami as he is drawing interest from Lazio and Roma.

According to the Hull Daily Mail, Hull City and West Ham United are both interested in Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood, who has played on loan at Newcastle. Both are interested in signing Harewood on loan although it is reported that he could be bought for around £250,000.

Harewood’s agent, Phil Sproson, said,

“I have spoken to both Phil and Gianfranco and both said they were interested in Marlon if they can get the deals sorted at their clubs … Phil said he is still interested in Marlon and that he has watched him a couple of times recently.”

“He said that he had been impressed that Marlon has clearly got the bit between his teeth again, but he said he had to get two or three players out before he could bring anyone in.

“That is where we left it, and it is a similar situation with West Ham … Both clubs have registered their interest, but because of their situations, they have not taken it further as of yet.”

“Our message has been that if they want Marlon, he is here and waiting and his record shows that he scores goals … He scored six goals in 15 at Newcastle and that was without a pre-season.”

“He can do a good job for a Premier League team and we hope he will be playing that level come the end of the window.”

According to Rupert Fryer at Goal.com, Lazio striker Tommaso Rocchi is not heading to West Ham United or Palermo. His agent Fabio Parisi told Tuttomercatoweb,

“Right now this is nothing new, he [Rocchi] is not required by either West Ham or Palermo … I believe that, barring any dramatic events, he will remain at Lazio.”

According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, West Ham United striker Alessandro Diamanti dismissed the rumor that he is interested in going to AC Milan. Diamanti told milannews.it,

“I know nothing of these items about Milan and honestly I’m not interested in them … Right now I think only about the salvation of West Ham, I don’t care about anything else.”

“What will I do in case of a calling from Milan in January? I don’t know and I don’t care, I think only of saving West Ham.”

According to the Daily Mail, West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola does not expect anybody to leave the club this month. Zola said,

“Everybody knows the financial situation. I think we have stability and do not have big problems. I am not expecting to have anybody leaving … If it will change, I do not know, but I am hoping not.”

Matthew Upson, Scott Parker, and Robert Green have all been drawing interest from other teams over the past month.