Mikael Forssell is hoping to sign a permanent contract with West Ham later this week.
The 30-year-old Finnish international striker, who made his name at Chelsea, arrived at Chadwell Heath a week ago for an extended trial period.Having trained with West Ham's first team squad all week, Forsell was unlucky not to be considered for the team that beat Real Zaragoza 2-0 at the Boleyn Ground on Saturday.
However he is still hoping to secure a permanent contract at United before the Championship kick-off this weekend.
Born in Germany, Forssell - who is unlikely to feature at Sutton tomorrow night, despite reports elsewhere to the contrary - began his career with Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (aka HJK) of Finland before moving to England in order to join Chelsea in 1998.
After seven years and just 33 appearances for the Blues - a spell that included loan spells at Crystal Palace, Borussia Monchengladbach and Birmingham - the 6' striker completed a permanent £3million switch to Birmingham in 2005.
When City were relegated from the Premier League in 2008, Forssell joined German side Hannover 96 on a free transfer, where he remained until his release from Die Roten at the end of last season.
Sam Allardyce admitted earlier today that his only concern regarding his current squad is in attack. "There may be an element of have we got enough goals in the squad," he told Talksport. "Everywhere else seems fine as far as I'm concerned."
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