West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has confirmed Wilfried Bony is "an option" as he looks to sign a striker before the transfer window closes in a week's time.

Bony has not yet featured under new Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and could be a perfect fit for Bilic, whose squad is short of attacking options due to injuries to Andy Carroll and new signing Andre Ayew.

The former Croatia boss told reporters prior to the Hammers' Europa League play-off tie with Astra Giurgiu on Thursday: "He [Bony] is also an option because he plays in the position we are looking for.

"I leave negotiations to the chairman and [head of recruitment] Tony Henry."

Juventus' Italy international Simone Zaza is another player West Ham are reportedly interested in with Bilic adding: "We were linked with him [Zaza] last year and he is a top player. We were in contact with him last year and will see what happens.

"In terms of signings if something good, quality wise, comes up we are going to act."

Bilic admitted the injury situation was frustrating but is refusing to rush into making panic buys.

"We have a couple of players we are trying to do a deal with. We have injuries and we are short of numbers," he said.

"We will not sign someone because we have to act now. The longest injury is Andre Ayew and we expect him to be fit in December.

"The other players should be back very soon. We have to be optimistic and we cannot moan about it. We will try to do something."