West Ham flop Emmanuel Emenike may have no choice but to move to Asia in the summer to reignite his ailing career.
The Hammers manager Slaven Bilic signed the 29-year-old forward on loan from Turkish giants Fenerbahce until the end of the season during the January transfer window, with the Premier League club having the option of making the deal permanent.
But the former Nigeria striker failed to repay Bilic’s faith as he ended the season without scoring a single Premier League goal for the London side, who rely on a Manchester United victory over Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Saturday to secure their place in the Europa League next season.
Emenike’s only two goals for the Hammers came in the same game against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup at Ewood Park on February 21.
Former Croatia manager Bilic, who has been linked with a summer move for Marseille’s Michy Batshuayi, Liverpool’s Christian Benteke and Arsenal’s Theo Walcott, is said to be unimpressed with the South Africa 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner’s showing in the season and is set to send the player back to his parent club in Turkey.
However, reports in the Turkish media on Monday claimed Fenerbahce were willing to part ways with Emenike after he fell out with fans and the board last season.
The former Russia-based attacker previously signed for Fenerbahce but he left for Spartak in May 2011 in the wake of a match-fixing scandal without ever playing a single game for the Yellow Canaries.
Emenike, who remains under contract to Fenerbahce until June 2017, could swap Europe for the Far East to sign up for the Chinese Super League.
The former Super Eagles player, who represented Nigeria at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, had revealed he turned down big offers from clubs in China before moving to West Ham.
According to The Mirror, Emenike remains a target for Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.
The report added that Shenhua, who signed Obafemi Martins from American outfit Seattle Sounders in February, had a offer worth £5.5m-a-year on the table for Emenike.
Struggling LaLiga club Real Sociedad have also identified the former Al Ain striker as a prime transfer target in the summer transfer window as the Basque side move to solve their goal-scoring woes.
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