Monaco complete Lacina Traore swoop, West Ham United eye loan deal?

Lacina Traore completes his move to AS Monaco, although reports suggest that he could be immediately loaned out to West Ham United.

By Michael Penkman, Reporter

Published: January 4 2014 | 22:13

Last updated: January 5 2014 | 14:07

AS Monaco have completed the €12m (£9.9m) signing of Anzhi Makhachkala striker Lacina Traore.

The 23-year-old Ivorian has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Monegasque outfit, but could be loaned out to West Ham United for the rest of the Premier League campaign.

Traore, who has scored four in seven for his country, notched 12 goals in 24 games in the Russian league last season, while also netting five times in 12 Europa League appearances.

Should he join the Hammers, then the 6'8" front man would become the tallest ever outfield player to feature in the Premier League.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Paris Saint-Germain PSG	12	10	2	0	36	10	26	32
2	Monaco Monaco	12	8	2	2	21	10	11	26
3	Marseille	12	7	2	3	27	16	11	23
4	Lille	11	5	4	2	18	11	7	19
5	Lyon	11	5	3	3	18	15	3	18
6	Nice	11	4	5	2	21	11	10	17
7	Reims	11	5	2	4	19	15	4	17
8	Lens	12	4	5	3	13	12	1	17
9	Auxerre	11	5	1	5	20	19	1	16
10	Toulouse	12	4	3	5	13	14	-1	15
11	Strasbourg Strasbourg	11	3	4	4	20	22	-2	13
12	Brest	12	4	1	7	16	22	-6	13
13	Saint-Etienne St Etienne	12	4	1	7	11	25	-14	13
14	Rennes	11	3	2	6	13	18	-5	11
15	Nantes Nantes	11	2	4	5	14	17	-3	10
16	Angers	11	2	4	5	13	20	-7	10
17	Le Havre Le Havre	11	3	0	8	8	23	-15	9
18	Montpellier HSC Montpellier	12	2	1	9	11	32	-21	7