West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan has confirmed he would "love" to sign David Beckham.

The Hammers are still managerless, with Avram Grant expected to be confirmed as Gianfranco Zola's successor next week after he left relegated Portsmouth.

But Sullivan, who bought the club along with David Gold last season, has already been linked with names such as Thierry Henry and confirmed his desire to bring LA Galaxy star Beckham back to his native east London on loan.

"I'd love David Beckham," Sullivan said. "He has massive cult status in east London and still has a house near Bishop's Stortford, not far from our training ground. He's from Chingford, which is our heartland. We are the club of east London and Essex.

"If AC Milan didn't want him in January and if he still wanted to do it, I'd love to have him. He seems a remarkable professional."

Sullivan also revealed Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole has rejected the Hammers' advances. Cole began his career with West Ham before moving to Chelsea and is out of contract this summer. Sullivan said: "We've asked Joe to name a price but he said no."

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