West Ham boss Sam Allardyce 'to make fresh bid for Demba Ba in January'

30 Nov 2013 05:04

The Hammers reportedly want to bring him back to the club to ease their goalscoring crisis

'New bid': Demba Ba

Shaun Botterill

West Ham are reportedly preparing a fresh bid for Chelsea's Demba Ba in January.

The club's co-owner David Sullivan has made a personal appeal to the former Hammers forward to return to Upton Park, according to The Sun.

Sullivan is said to have spent an hour on the phone with Ba on the last day of the summer transfer window to try to persude him to return to East London.

However, Ba, 28, is understood to have only wanted to play for a club in the Champions League such as Arsenal.

He is now third-choice striker under Blues boss Jose Mourinho.