West Ham United boss Slaven Bilic has said they still need one or two new signings for the 2016/17 season.

The Hammers have been linked with several strikers over the summer and Bilic told Sky Sports he is remaining hopeful of welcoming new faces before the end of the transfer window.

The Hammers have been linked with a move for Carlos Bacca of AC Milan but Bilic said it remained tough in the transfer market.

He added: “To get those kind of strikers, we as a club, we couldn’t fight with the big guns.

“So we had to be very early, before them, and/or give more money to the players. And then it is also hard.

“But I said we are not going to buy for the sake of buying, and that includes strikers as well.

“Also, I told the chairman a couple of days ago but I can understand for some players we are not their number one target, but I told him that I also don’t want to buy the players who don’t want to come to us.”

Manuel Lanzini could miss the start of the season with a knee injury as he was ruled out Rio 2016 where he was due to represent Argentina.

And Bilic also said the attacking midfielder’s possible absence makes the need to get involved in the transfer marker more pressing.

“Now we have a different strategy, we are trying to get one or two players that are really hungry and keen to join us and they are extremely quality players.

“Hopefully we are going to get one or two of them, depending also on Lanzini’s situation, which we are going to know only in a few days’ time.

“Still, we don’t have a squad big enough to compete, even in the Premier League.”