West Ham want Alex Song to stay at the club (Picture: Getty Images)

Sam Allardyce has confirmed that West Ham want to make Alex Song’s loan move from Barcelona permanent amid reported interest from Liverpool.

Song – who is currently on a season-long loan with the Hammers from Barca – is believed to have attracted the interest of the Reds as well as Manchester United, with the ex-Cameroon international understood to want to remain in England.

However, West Ham boss Allardyce has now revealed his hopes of tying Song down to the east-London outfit ahead of next season.

‘There are a considerable amount of funds available next season,’ he said.


‘We can’t be spending that this season because we are at the extreme of that budget, but next season is a completely new budget.



‘It depends what Barcelona are looking for and what Alex is looking for and those negotiations will happen in and around that period.’

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