West Ham United striker Mauro Zarate has fired a parting shot at Sam Allardyce, accusing the Hammers boss of lacking confidence in him.

The Argentine, who scored twice in just eight outings, is set to undergo a medical at Queens Park Rangers today ahead of a proposed loan move to Loftus Road.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, he fumed: "I now have the chance to play for a coach who has faith in me and will not allow his personal feelings to get in the way of what is good for the team.

"I respect the other strikers at the club who have done a good job. But I believe my record entitles me to respect and I have not had that from the manager.

"The chairman has confidence in me. I know this because he brought me to the club. But for this reason the manager has refused to play me. He did not want me."

Zarate has made just five Premier League starts for the Hammers this season after joining on a free transfer from Velez Sarsfield in the summer.

Owing largely to the form of strikers Andy Carroll, Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia, the 27-year-old has found himself down the pecking order at Upton PArk this season.