West Ham can help Southampton offload Manolo Gabbiadini.

The Mirror says Sampdoria need to off-load a couple of players before they can afford to end Gabbiadini's St Mary's nightmare with a loan for the rest of the season.

They will then have an obligation to buy the Italian International, 27, for £10 million in the summer but a deal would depend on Grégoire Defrel, on-loan from Roma, moving on.

The Hammers are keen on the French hit man who has scored seven goals this season along with Fulham who are looking for goals to avoid the drop as well as Watford.

But they may have to offload some fringe players themselves before being able to push through a deal for Defrel who is keen on a move to the Premier League.