French striker Bafetimbi Gomis known as Baby Drogba will arrive in London this week to potentially hold talks with a trio of Premier League clubs including West Ham, according to the Daily Mail.
The 28-year-old is free to speak to clubs over a move after his contract expired with Ligue 1 giants Lyon this summer, with Sunderland, Swansea City and West Ham all understood to be interested in his services. Gomis, who was close to joining Newcastle last summer but claimed a deal fell through as they asked him to drop his wage demands, is rumoured to be holding out for a pay packet in excess of £100,000-a-week. His London trip is thought to be been arranged by his agent Willie McKay, who has previously said on “Bafetimbi is one of the best free agents in Europe at the moment. He’s quick, strong and most importantly scores goals.”. Agent Wille McWay is well known to West Ham and despite Mark Curtis having a strong hold on a number of West Ham players , Sullivan once revealed ‘Willie McKay received more in agency fees than Mark Curtis in the summer of 2012’
Gomis has scored 62 goals in 170 games for Lyon , he previously played for Saint-Étienne scoring 40 from 142 appearances.