West Ham tried to sign Fernando Torres and Carlos Tevez

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West Pork unsuccessful with loan bids for strikers Fernando Torres and Carlos Tevez in The month of january, co-chairman David Gold has told BBC Sport.

The Hammers requested to consider 27-year-old Torres from Chelsea for you to two several weeks however their approach was declined.

Manchester City were contacted three occasions about getting Tevez, 28, to Upton Park, stated Gold.

"We'd two irons within the fire. If we'd drawn one-time it could have been exciting however it wasn't to become,Inch he stated.

The Championship side asked concerning the Premier League stars before they signed striker Nicky Maynard from Bristol City and fellow forward Ricardo Vaz Te from Barnsley.

"At that time it was happening, we had not made any signings," stated Gold.

"We were not scoring goals and that we felt that Torres was a little from favour at that time and that we thought maybe Chelsea would let Torres get a couple of months to allow him get his sharpness back. It had been much more of an enquiry than the usual bid.

"These were playing him as a little-part. We frantically needed a striker and that we also thought he'd be lethal within this division therefore it might have been a positive thing for clubs."

European Championship and World Cup champion Torres is a shadow of his former self since joining Chelsea from Liverpool for any British transfer record £50m in The month of january 2011.

In the first half-season at Stamford Bridge he obtained once in 18 looks, coincidentally against West Pork, although this season the Spaniard makes 21 looks (eight as substitute), scoring four goals.

Gold stated co-chairman David Sullivan had labored hard in order to secure Tevez, that has not performed since a row with City manager Roberto Mancini in September.

"Previously we actually thought they may accompany the concept that was to accept responsibility of keeping him fit," stated Gold.

"We could not have given to pay for all his wages but we'd did an offer. We would like to took him for that relaxation of year.Inch

The Argentine striker would be a Hammers fans' favourite as he assisted the club survive relegation within the 2006-07 season before moving to Manchester U . s ..

He became a member of Manchester City in '09 for £25.5m on the five-year contract making an instantaneous impact, scoring 29 goals in the first season and 24 the following as City qualified for that Champions League the very first time.

However, his relationship using the club has since soured after he declined in the future on throughout a Champions League game against Bayern Munich last September.

He was subsequently suspended and penalized four weeks' wages (reduced to 2 weeks' following intervention through the Professional Footballers' Association) through the club before going to Argentina, where he continued to be, without City's permission, from 7 November until he came back to Manchester a week ago.

Despite his difficulties at City, Tevez remains a searched for-after player. He was related to moves to Inter Milan, AC Milan and Paris St Germain throughout the transfer window but nothing materialised.

"Sometimes you have to generate somebody like him. He'd have lifted everyone else and stored morale high," stated Gold.

Gold added that despite passing up on Torres and Tevez, he was pleased with the club's transfer business, particularly the capture of Maynard, who obtained 46 goals in 131 games for Bristol City since joining them from Crewe in This summer 2008.

"Maynard was our target and that he found us other family members ., and i believe he will be special," he stated.

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