West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce has blasted his striker Mauro Zarate.

Allardyce has hit back at Mauro Zarate's claims about his treatment at Upton Park by insisting the Argentine striker was "not good enough".

"He wasn't good enough to play as regularly as he wants compared to the others. It's as simple as that," said Allardyce, responding to Zarate's claims that he had not been shown "respect".

"From a personal point of view, I'm better keeping my mouth shut and deal with it internally rather than joining in - clearly it's is a lad who's very frustrated about not being picked. But what he's saying is not true.

"When you look at what Mauro has achieved when he's played compared to what Valencia, Sakho and Carroll have achieved, how much he's contributed and what they've given and you've got that array of talent to choose from, then somebody's going to be unhappy."