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Obinna Nsofor will have to wait until the end of
the season before finding out whether he will remain in England with West Ham
or head back to Italy to team up with Inter Milan.

Hammers, who have Nsofor on loan until the end of
the season, have the option to secure the Nigerian international on a permanent
deal.

But West Ham are currently in the middle of a
relegation battle with Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Birmingham returning them to the
foot of the table with 24 points from 26 games, below Wolverhampton Wanderers,
who beat leaders Manchester United on Saturday, on goal difference.

Wigan Athletic complete the bottom three with 26
points while West Brom are just above the drop zone thanks to a marginally
better goal difference.

“He is a big player with big talent and we like
him. I think he wants to stay here,” said West Ham manger Avram Grant about
Nsofor.

“We like him but we will have to wait until the
end of the season.”

Nsofor’s recent performances for the Hammers
appear to suggest that he will be grabbing a deal come the end of the season
but that is if the East London side avoid relegation.

Slow start

Despite a slow start to his career with the Hammers, as well as
the ignominious dismissal against Birmingham in the League Cup semi-final,
Nsofor has managed to find his best form in recent weeks hitting the back of
the net five times in his last three games.

The highpoint for Nsofor arrived in the FA victory over
Nottingham Forest where he netted a hat-trick coupled with his trademark
somersaults and back flips.

And Grant has no issues with Nsofor’s mode of celebrating his
goals and hopes he gets to grab more goals.

“I don’t have a problem with his somersaults,” Grant said ahead
of Sunday’s loss to Birmingham. “I hope he will have a lot of reasons to do
them again this season.

“It took him time to adjust this season because he didn’t play much in
Italy, but he is playing well now.”