News emerging this afternoon suggests former Paris Saint-Germain winger Nene is having a medical at Chadwell Heath today.
Chairman David Sullivan revealed last week that he is in the market for a free-agent striker who could fill the void left by Andy Carroll’s latest season-ending injury.
The 33-year-old Brazilian left Qatar side Al-Gharafa in January and is thought to be in London ahead of a short term deal with the club.
Nene can play as a winger or a striker and appears to be the perfect fix for what has become something of a shortage in attack for boss Sam Allardyce.
His goal scoring record has been pretty impressive wherever he has played during his career, including scoring 21 goals in 35 Ligue 1 games for PSG in 2011-12, which saw him finish joint-top scorer of the league alongside Olivier Giroud.
He might be knocking on a bit age wise, but he looks like he could bring a lot of quality and experience to our side as we look to push on and secure a top eight finish in the Premier League at the very least.
Here’s what some of the fans on Twitter have been saying about the potential deal..
@WHUFC_News @WestHam_Central @westhamtransfer Mene is at the training ground !!!! pic.twitter.com/3nRXdjPbDQ
— Charlie Florey (@charlieflorey) February 17, 2015
Nene is such a West Ham signing. He used to be very good…
— Danny Cranston (@DannyCranston13) February 17, 2015
Maybe this nene will be brilliant for us? Certainly looks different to what we've got already. #coyi #whufc
— Irons Optimist (@IronsOptimist) February 16, 2015
Nene would be a decent signing on a free. Plenty of goals in him and is effective both on the wing and as a striker. #COYI #WHUFC
— Joshua Dodd (@JSL1994) February 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/wallis_james/status/567659069083627520
We would finally have a good free-kick taker if we signed nene too. fed up with others not even hitting the target #whufc
— Jones ☆ 🎮 YouTube⚡(Born A Baller) (@RockyWhu) February 16, 2015
Can't wait till Nene doesn't play and just watches Cole come on and play on the wing! #COYI
— Danny Cranston (@DannyCranston13) February 17, 2015
Can i please draw attention to the fact that West Ham are holding contract talks with the legend that is… Nené… Dream come true! #COYI
— James (@JGurnett98) February 17, 2015
