Las Palmas hope to bring Jonathan Calleri to La Liga from West Ham, their president has confirmed.
Calleri scored his first goal of the season in Saturday’s 3-1 win at Middlesbrough but has found first team opportunities hard to come by under Slaven Bilic, completing just 152 minutes in the Premier League.
The Argentine striker is on loan from Deportivo Maldonado but Las Palmas chief Miguel Angel Ramirez hopes to convince the Hammers to cancel that loan so that they can bring in Calleri as well Fiorentina’s Hernan Toledo, another loanee from the Uruguayan second tier.
"Calleri and Hernan Toledo are two interesting players," Ramirez said. "We expected a response from West Ham to make Calleri official but we've been asked for a few days."
West Ham's 2016/17 signings
Having sent Toni Martinez on loan to Oxford and with Diafra Sakho out until March with a back injury West Ham are unlikely to countenance Calleri’s departure until they can find a replacement.
They remain keen to bring in Scott Hogan but are yet to meet Brentford’s £15million asking price.
