Celtic join the race to sign Frederic Piquionne

In demand: Frederic Piquionne
Ken Dyer11 April 2012

Celtic are the latest club to show an interest in West Ham's Frederic Piquionne.

The striker, who is also a target for Wolves, was omitted from Sam Allardyce's squad for yesterday's 1-0 home win over Coventry and it is understood that the club would be prepared to listen to offers.

John Carew has failed to tie down a regular first-team spot at Upton Park and could also go as Allardyce attempts to shuffle his playing pack this month.

The West Ham manager, who saw his side go equal top of the Championship on points with Southampton following Kevin Nolan's 66th-minute winner, has been given substantial funds by owners David Gold and David Sullivan with which to strengthen his squad during the transfer window.

Allardyce, who has already had bids for Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes and Cardiff's Peter Whittingham rejected, said that ideally he wants to bring in "two or three quality players" this month.

"We're looking at the striker position because we had 22 attempts at goal against Coventry and scored one goal, 19 against Derby and scored one, 19 again against Barnsley - scored one. That conversion rate is not good enough," said the manager, who has also been linked with Doncaster's Billy Sharp.

"In an ideal world I would say we'd be looking to sign two or three quality players - a defender, a wide player and a striker."

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in