Sam Allardyce looks at Paul Robinson reunion

West Ham have checked on the availability of former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson.

The 33-year-old has lost his place in the Blackburn team to Jake Kean and it is understood the club are prepared to listen to offers for the former Tottenham No1.

Robinson has three and a half years to run on his contract and is one of the Championship club’s high earners.

Sam Allardyce worked with Robinson at Blackburn and rates him highly. The West Ham manager has just two senior goalkeepers with Jussi Jaaskelainen as first choice and Switzerland Under‑19 international Raphael Spiegel as back up.

Stephen Henderson’s emergency loan spell at Ipswich has ended and the goalkeeper is expected to return to West Ham for extra cover.

Allardyce could make another bid for Blackburn’s Martin Olsson after having a £2million offer for the Sweden left-back reject.

West Ham are also looking to complete the loan signing of Brazilian striker Wellington Paulista from Cruzeiro in the next 24 hours.

Hammers co-chairman David Gold has been admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia.