New West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan admits they're trawling the Championship market for new signings.

Sullivan admits they want to make at least three new signings before the January market shuts.

He said: "We have looked at a few players in the Championship but the reality is that it is no good if they make the grade in 12 months' time, we need them to make the grade now.

"We have a crisis and you have to have a different strategy to what our long-term strategy will be."

He added: "We are trying to sign players because unfortunately we have come in very, very late and we have got a very unbalanced squad.

"We are particularly short of strikers and they are the hardest and most difficult position to fill. That's the short-term objective.

"We have guaranteed that we will not sell a player in the transfer window and we are looking at targets. We are doing our best for West Ham but at the moment we are drawing blanks."