West Ham United want to bring Javier Hernandez back to the Premier League as they strive to bolster their striking options this summer.

The Hammers also remain in the hunt for Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud and Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi, but hope to make progress in negotiations over Hernandez.

It has been claimed that Hernandez has a £13million release clause in his Bayer Leverkusen contract that only has a year left to run.

Leverkusen have not made any move to extend Hernandez’s contract, which has given West Ham further encouragement that a deal could be struck for the 29-year-old.

West Ham co-owner David Gold has admitted the club are “desperate” to sign new strikers during this transfer window and failed in club record bids for Cologne’s Anthony Modeste and Villarreal’s Cedric Bakambu.