Pablo Zabaleta is poised to become West Ham’s first signing summer this week, following today’s end-of-season review meeting between co-owner David Sullivan and manager Slaven Bilic.

The 32-year-old Argentine is being released by Manchester City and is due in London this week to discuss a two-year deal. Zabaleta also has options in Spain and Italy but the Hammers are hopeful of persuading the full-back to join them.

Top of the agenda at today’s meeting were the amount of injuries with which Bilic has had to cope this season. Yesterday, West Ham were without eight senior players yet still managed a 2-1 win to finish in 11th in the final table.

Sullivan and Bilic were expected to discuss the club’s medical staff and their treatment of injuries, while training methods will also come under some scrutiny, with Bilic’s coaching staff in the spotlight.

Recruitment was also expected to be a priority, with a maximum of four main signings the target. Bilic said: “It depends on who goes but what we really need is quality, not quantity.”