WEST Ham United’s Coach, Slaven Bilic, hopes to complete a loan deal for Emmanuel Emenike in the next couple of days, reports theguardian.co.uk.

The report says Bilic wants the Nigeria striker, who has scored seven goals in 11 games for the UAE side Al Ain this season, to boost his attacking options for the Premier League run-in.

Emenike is currently on loan from Fenerbahce, however, and the deal is being held up by negotiations with the Turkish club. “We are still waiting for that, it’s a complicated situation,” said Bilic.

“Al Ain called me and basically we thought we could do a straight swap with them, but now we are talking to Fenerbahce, and we will see what happens.

“At the beginning it looked easy, between two clubs, but then when we had to deal with Fenerbahce, who are a third party. So at one moment it didn’t look good, but in that last couple of days the deal looks pretty much alive.”

Bilic had earmarked the Galatasaray striker, Burak Yilmaz, as a potential alternative if the Emenike deal fell through, but the Hammers are only interested in a loan. “With Burak it’s a different situation as they are looking to sell and we are not buying,” he added.

Nikica Jelavic looks set to make way for Emenike, although the former Everton forward’s proposed switch to the Chinese side, Guangzhou Evergrande, will not be completed just yet.

Jelavic has found first-team opportunities at Upton Park hard to come by and will fall further down the pecking order when Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll return from injury.