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West Ham boss Allardyce says they must find striker signing

West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce says he remains in the market for a new striker after defeat to Tottenham.

Allardyce believed his side were unfortunate in defeat, but conceded he remains in the market for a clinical, natural goalscorer.

"At the end of the day we haven't deserved to lose, we've played very, very well," said the Hammers boss.

"We've got a lot of players that will come back and make us stronger when they are fit and on that performance today I'm very confident our season's going to be a good one.

"We saw it today (more attacking football).

"When you've had 20 attempts on goal like we've had today, why do you need another striker?

"I suppose finding another goalscorer for us is the critical point, and he must play, that's a definite now.

"Like I said today, 20 attempts at goal created, not enough quality, so we need to find somebody who has got that quality better than we've already got to help us along the way in scoring the goals we need."

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