West Ham targets Eto'o

West Ham is believed to be weighing up a move for Samuel Eto’o this summer despite interest from fellow London club QPR.

The east London sides are keen to recruit a striker ahead of the new Premier League campaign after record-signing Andy Carroll sustained an ankle injury in The Hammers’ pre-season tour of New Zealand, which will rule him out of the start of the 2014/15 season.

Eto’o may want to stay in London after ending his contract with Chelsea in July, and had been in talks with QPR about a move to Loftus Road. But, when Rangers were not prepared to meet the Cameroon international’s financial demands, The Mirror have claimed that West Ham could land the forward in the coming weeks.

Eto’o scored 12 goals in 35 appearances for Chelsea last term with all of his strikes coming at Stamford Bridge – including a hat-trick against Manchester United.