West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has decided against signing former Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen. The 32-year-old is available on a free transfer after leaving Stoke earlier this summer and Allardyce was keen to be reunited with the Iceland international having worked with him during his time in charge of Bolton.
However, Greek side AEK Athens are thought to have now entered the chase for Gudjohnsen.
"The bottom line was that for me, Eidur had enough time to make a decision," said Allardyce.
"The time I gave him elapsed so instead of us sitting and waiting for him, I decided from my point of view that it was better to call the deal off."
Allardyce admitted he was disappointed to see the move for Gudjohnsen fall through.
"I am very disappointed because I thought the deal was done and dusted," added Allardyce. "But what happened is his father flew in and something happened between me finishing with him and his father arriving.
"There must have been another deal that appeared somewhere else, but irrespective of that, Eidur needed to give me a decision, he didn't, so I made the decision for both of us by not pursuing him."
