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West Ham striker third option for Napoli after two Italian clubs reject transfer offers
WEST HAM striker Simone Zaza could join Napoli in January - but he is not their first choice target.
Simone Zaza shows incredible skill at West Ham training
Zaza has endured a disappointing start to his Hammers career and is yet to score in nine appearances.
An agreement between West Ham and Juventus means Zaza will complete a £17.5million transfer to the London Stadium club once he has played his 10th game.
And that leaves the striker in limbo, with Hammers manager Slaven Bilic supposedly unimpressed by what he has seen so far.
Simone Zaza (right) has played nine games for West Ham
Zaza (right) will trigger a permanent move to West Ham if he plays one more game
According to claims in Italy last week, West Ham were considering a proposal in which they would offload Zaza to Napoli in exchange for cash and Manolo Gabbiadini.
But Italian newspaper Il Mattino claim Napoli are only interested in Zaza because they have failed to land two other targets - and that Gabbiadini is not available for transfer.
According to the report, Napoli are still searching for a viable replacement for Gonzalo Higuain, who was sold to Juventus for around £75m this summer.
Arkadiusz Milik was drafted in during the summer but Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri supposedly wants to add extra firepower to his forward line.
Genoa are determined to keep Napoli target Leonardo Pavoletti
Fiorentina's Nikola Kalinic is another player Napoli wanted to sign
Sarri wanted either Genoa frontman Leonardo Pavoletti or Fiorentina's Nikola Kalinic to come in during the January transfer window.
But both Serie A clubs rejected Sarri's advances, the report claims.
Therefore, Napoli's third option is to push for Zaza. However, the report claims Watford's Odion Ighalo is also on Sarri's radar, as is former Porto star Jackson Martinez.
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