WEST HAM Boss Sam Allardyce has confirmed he was on a scouting mission last weekend to check on the development of Swiss striker Josip Drmic.
The Hammers boss attended Wolfsburg's 4-1 win over Nuremberg, with the 21-year-old forward understood to be a target for the Upton Park outfit this summer.
But Allardyce revealed the flow of the game against the Old Master's meant his scouting mission didn't go quite according to plan.
"I was at Nuremberg versus Wolfsburg. The sausages were great!" joked Allardyce.
"They got beat quite comfortably so in terms of that particular player [Drmic], you wouldn't be able to judge him on that particular game because they got battered."
West Ham's Premier League rivals Everton and Liverpool are also interested in the starlet, who's scored 16 goals so far this term.
Drmic, a versatile forward who can play through the middle or out wide, is a man in demand after a brilliant first season in the Bundesliga.
He has carried Nuremberg and is the main reason they are currently on course to avoid relegation from Germany's top division.
The £8m rated starlet is also a summer target for Arsenal.