According to the Daily Star, West Ham will look to offload striker Andy Carroll to China at the end of the season, and replace him with Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge.

The Mirror recently claimed that the striker was the subject of a £32m offer from a Chinese Super League club during the January transfer window, and while that was rejected, it is thought that the east London outfit would cash in if they receive a similar offer in the summer.

The former Newcastle United and Liverpool attacker has struggled with injury problems during his spell with the Hammers, and it appears as though manager Slaven Bilic is finally running out of patience with the 28-year-old as he also looks to change his side’s style of play.

The Hammers players often seem to rely on Carroll’s dominance in the air during matches – which is completely understandable when you see how effective he can be – but it is understood that Bilic isn’t a fan of his team playing that way.

The Gateshead-born player’s performance in the 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend would have done little to alter that opinion, on a disappointing day at the office for the striker.

Despite playing the whole 90 minutes, Carroll managed just one shot at goal and made just one key pass as Michail Antonio and Andre Ayew scored for the visitors.

The 28-year-old also didn’t win a single tackle and his passing accuracy of 62% was also poor.

But it is perhaps the percentage of aerial duels that he won that will be particularly surprising – Carroll is known for being strong in the air but he won just eight of his 20 duels throughout the encounter against the Cherries.

If he continues to put in more ineffective showings like the one on the south coast, West Ham certainly won’t miss the big man if he does leave the London Stadium at the end of the campaign.