Hammers want £100,000-a-week star

West Ham's new owner David Sullivan has offered a "special" player wages of £100,000-a-week to join the club.

Sullivan, who now controls the Hammers together with David Gold, admitted this week that the club are £110m in debt.

Speaking to told BBC Radio 5 live, Sullivan would not name the player but Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has been linked with the club.

"We've offered £100,000-a-week to a player and we are still not sure we are going to get him," Sullivan said.

"He's down to three clubs and West Ham are the only English club still in the hunt for him. Whether we get him is another thing."

With West Ham struggling in the league, Sullivan said he had made the offer to the player to try to avoid the "horrendous" prospect of relegation.

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