According to reports in The Mirror, West Ham United are willing to listen to offers for striker Javier Hernandez just six months after former manager Slaven Bilic signed him in a £16m deal from Bayer Leverkusen.

The Mirror says that the Mexico international has failed to settle at the London Stadium playing for a team that has been struggling towards the wrong end of the Premier League table all season, and he has scored just four goals in 20 matches in all competitions for the Irons.

The 29-year-old has been left isolated, failed to win many headers or hold the ball up when he has been asked to play as the lone striker, and he was substituted off early in the east London outfit's previous two matches against Tottenham Hotspur in the top flight and League One Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup.

Teammates Michail Antonio and Marko Arnautovic have even started in place of the former Manchester United man in recent weeks despite the role being relatively unfamiliar to them, which suggested that there was no future for him under David Moyes.

Meanwhile, the Leicester Mercury reported on Thursday that Leicester City are open to offers for club-record signing Islam Slimani, who like Hernandez has failed to make too much of an impact at his current side following a £30m transfer from Sporting Lisbon in 2016.

Out of favour at the King Power Stadium, the Irons could be making a shrewd move if they bring the Algeria international, who is rated at £19.8m according to Transfermarkt, to the capital before January 31.

Here are three reasons West Ham must sign Slimani if they sell Hernandez this month…

Goal record

West Ham thought that Hernandez may finally be the prolific goalscorer they have long been searching for, but it hasn't proven to be the case so far.

The Irons will once again look to solve that issue if they do sell the Mexico international this month, and they could certainly do a lot worse than take a closer look at Slimani.

While the 29-year-old has struggled to dislodge Jamie Vardy at the King Power Stadium, he has still scored 13 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions for the Foxes despite the majority of his outings coming from the substitutes' bench.

Meanwhile, his total of 57 in 111 for Sporting Lisbon previously and 26 in 55 for Algeria certainly proves that he knows where the goal is.

His qualities

Soccer Football - FA Cup Third Round - Fleetwood Town vs Leicester City - Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood, Britain - January 6, 2018   Leicester City's Islam Slimani in action with Fleetwood Town’s Ashley Eastham    REUTERS/Peter Powell

You ideally need to have some height and strength to play the lone striker role in the Premier League for a team like West Ham, and that has perhaps been Hernandez's shortfall this season in a struggling West Ham team.

Slimani would likely be much better suited to the position though, seeing as he stands at 6ft 2in tall and is known for his aerial prowess.

Those attributes would allow him to bring his teammates into play, but that isn't the only part of his game though and he showed with a brilliant dinked finish in Leicester's win against Huddersfield on New Year’s Day that he is pretty handy with the ball at his feet too.

Point to prove

If Slimani does join another Premier League side this month, he will certainly have a big point to prove that he should not be starting at this level, but also that he is able to score regularly as long as he is given consistent opportunities in the starting XI.

The 29-year-old has shown during his career that he isn’t afraid of a battle, and he certainly wouldn't be averse to throwing his weight around up top in order to help West Ham avoid being involved in a relegation battle in the second-half of the campaign.

Do you agree, Irons fans? Let us know below.

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