West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is flying to Germany on Saturday to run the rule over Nurnberg striker Josip Drmic.

The 21-year-old has been watched by Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton while Borussia Dortmund have also made enquiries in the past week.

Drmic, a Switzerland international, has scored 16 goals in 28 games this season and is seen as one of the Bundesliga's brightest talents.Allardyce is keen to bring fresh blood into a tired West Ham squad with several players expected to leave Upton Park this summer.

Drmic is valued at £8million but reputedly has a buy-out clause of around £4.5million.

Former Germany captain Lothar Matthaus insisted last week that Drmic had already agreed a move to Arsenal and had sent his wife to look around property in London.

However, Drmic, who has three years left on contract, insisted: "At the moment I am single and there is no one house hunting in London."

Source: Daily Mail