Norwich defender Martin Olsson is back in talks with West Ham to fill the left back position, The Sweden international is highly likely to leave Carrow Road this summer following the club’s relegation to the Championship. Allardyce has identified left-back as key position to strengthen this summer and Olsson is one of four targets the Hammers are looking at.
Back in January last year Allardyce made attempts to sign Olsson from his old club Blackburn but it is alleged they were reluctant to sell to their former manager.
At that time Allardyce said:
“If they have made Martin available I would definitely be interested because I worked with the lad at Blackburn when I was there for two years.
I had a really good time developing him into what I consider to be quite a good player.”
As Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce previously reprimanded Martin Olsson for cheating to win a crucial penalty against Burnley. Olsson provoked outrage among Burnley fans when he appeared to dive over goalkeeper Brian Jensen, only for referee Mike Dean to award a spot-kick.The Swede then compounded his offence by admitting it publicly and revealing that he targeted Dean in advance because he has awarded more penalties than any other referee this season. Olsson somehow escaped FA censure at the time.
The 26-year-old made 117 appearances for Blackburn scoring 3 goals including the one below. He was sometimes deployed as a defensive midfielder. He joined Norwich in 2013 making 27 appearances and scoring one goal. He is also a member of the Swedish national team since 2010 earning 22 caps and scoring 5 goals.