Sebastien Haller has been compared with a former West Ham striker after his first two goals for the Hammers against Watford.
The Frenchman got off the mark for his new side as he bagged a brace for the Hammers at Vicarage Road as Manuel Pellegrini's men won 3-1 to claim their first victory in the Premier League this season.
But while that has earned the Hammers' club record signing a place in Garth Crooks' team of the week from the Premier League, the BBC pundit has made a surprising statement about the 25-year-old, who joined West Ham from Eintracht Frankfurt in a deal worth up to £45million this summer.
Crooks likened the French forward to a former FA Cup winner at West Ham, David Cross, who scored more than 75 goals for the Hammers between 1977 and 1982, winning the cup with the club in 1980 and finishing as top goalscorer in the 1981-82 season.
"Watford were so bad in defence that goalkeeper Ben Foster was entitled to be furious. West Ham could have had six had it not been for Foster," Crooks said as part of his team of the week feature for the BBC website.
"However, Sebastien Haller stole the applause and robbed the former England international of claiming his first team of the week selection by scoring twice.
"Haller is not what I would call a West Ham player in the traditional sense. There is nothing of the Bryan 'Pop' Robson or the Frank McAvennie about him, but more of the David Cross.
"Haller will know little or nothing about those former West Ham goalscoring giants, but trust me, if he does half as well as any of those he will be an enormous hit with the fans."
