West Ham United supremo David Gold has vowed that no striker will be allowed to depart the club until a replacement has been secured, while stamping on suggestions the Hammers must sell to buy.
The Hammers are hunting a goalscorer this summer and had agreed a fee with AC Milan for Colombia international Carlos Bacca, only to see the striker reject the move as he wishes to only leave the San Siro to join a club in the Champions League.
They have been linked with a number of other strikers, including Juventus' Mario Mandzukic, while one of their own strikers in the shape of Enner Valencia is wanted by Lazio.
And co-chairman Gold has made clear that no strikers will be leaving West Ham until the club have secured a replacement.
Gold also took time to crush talk the Hammers may need to sell two players before they can bring in anyone.
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Asked whether that was the case on Twitter, Gold replied: "No, but we won't sell any striker until we have secured a replacement."
Slaven Bilic's side have already played two pre-season friendlies, losing to Seattle Sounders and then drawing with Carolina RailHawkes.
Next up for the Hammers is a clash with FC Slovacko, followed by friendlies against Rubin Kazan and Karlsruher.
They have a glamour friendly against Juventus set for 7th August.
