West Ham was close to signing Luis Diaz from Porto in January, but he joined the Reds.
The Hammers have been looking for a new forward for some time, and have operated with only Michail Antonio as an out-and-out forward since selling Sebastian Haller.
They were unable to add Jesse Lingard to their ranks after his successful loan spell last season and the one attacking signing they did complete, Nikola Vlasic, has started only four games.
According to Sky Sports News, West Ham were interested in signing Gabriel Barbosa, but they failed to do so, before the January transfer window ended, and then they lost out on the signing of Roberto Firmino on the last day of the window.
We were close to signing him from Porto, but I was told by Luis that he was going to join the Reds in the summer. I don't know if that affected their decision, but he is a really good player and we didn't get him.
We want to sign the best players we can to improve West Ham. If I can help it, I want it to be better. Sometimes, you just need to be patient, hope we get the right things at the right time, and that is the way I have chosen to make my decisions here rather than bring in people who maybe don't fit the bill.
Without any January additions, West Ham have only won one of their last five games, and are four points adrift of Manchester United, who are currently occupying the fourth spot.
After two spells in the top four already this season, it could be third time lucky for his side, and that has not deterred the faith of the manager.
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He said he was not giving up on being in and around the top. We dropped out of the top four on two occasions this season, but our plan is to get back into it and stay there. We have to find the best squad to get that. We have not been on our best form, but we have tried to keep going.
We would like to see more goals from Michail Antonio and Tomas Soucek, but it is not our goal scoring issues that are important to us. We have been without Kurt Zouma for a long time.
Trying to get the balance right every game, be ready and be the best we can hasn't always been easy, but I think resilience, stick at it, don't give up, keep challenging the top teams, we've got big
After moving from Porto for 49 million dollars, Luis Diaz is already making waves forLiverpool, but he almost slipped through the net as a teenager in an impoverished region of Colombia.
His former coaches talked to Sky Sports about how he overcame adversity to reach the top. They explain.
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