The Hammers have given up the ghost of trying to bring Italian hitman Fabio Quagliarella to Upton Park, preferring to focus instead on another Serie A forward in the shape of Udinese’s Czech star Matej Vydra.

As we said on Friday about the Juventus striker: The Italian club have completed deals for both Fernando Llorente from Athletic Bilbao and Man City’s Carlos Tevez so 30 year-old Fabio Quagliarella could be surplus to requirements. [Read more…]