Source: Telegraph
Luca Toni closer to West Ham move after fall out at Bayern Munich
Gianfranco Zola, the West Ham manager, has been a long-term admirer of Toni, who has also expressed an interest in joining his compatriot at Upton Park.
Now Toni’s future in Germany is looking untenable after the striker was left out of tonight’s Champions League, Group A game against Juventus.
Toni said: "The coach has told me that he is not calling me up because he wants to wait for me to hit top form.
"I feel fine and I am really disappointed at missing out. I truly wanted people to have a look at me against Juventus.
“Van Gaal says I need to have a full game in my legs in order to get back into the side, so next Saturday (against Cologne) is also out of the question. He would like for me to play again for the reserve team."
Toni, now 32, was discovered by Gianluca Nani, now the West Ham technical director, at Brescia, and is friends with Zola.
He joined Bayern Munich for £7 million two years ago and has been leading scorer for the club in the Bundesliga in consecutive seasons.
However, reports from Germany continue to suggest he wants to leave and, in the summer, his agent Jose Alberti said: “At Bayern Toni is not playing and Zola is a great friend of his. I think it will happen.”
