West Ham will not be signing Samuel Eto’o this summer (Picture: Getty Images)

West Ham are believed to have pulled out of the race to sign Samuel Eto’o – after the striker demanded weekly wages of £120,000.

The east London side are keen to recruit a forward 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 wants to stay in London following his release from Chelsea earlier this summer, and recently held talks with both QPR and West Ham over a potential move.

However, The Mirror have now claimed that The Hammers have backed out of the prospective transfer because the club believe that signing Eto’o would not be ‘value for money’ with the side also concerned about the player’s motivation.




The publication states that West Ham will instead turn their attention towards trying to recruit Arsenal’s Joel Campbell or Portugal international Hugo Almeida, who is currently a free agent.

Samuel Eto’o scored all of his goals for Chelsea last season at Stamford Bridge (Picture: REUTERS)

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.

The striker had been in discussions with QPR about moving to the Loftus Road outfit, but, the club reportedly pulled out of the deal because they were not prepared to meet Eto’o’s financial demands.

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