West Ham have signed defender Roger Johnson on loan from Wolves for the rest of the season.

The transfer came on the day manager Sam Allardyce received a vote of confidence from co-chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan.

The Premier League strugglers were hammered 5 - 0 at Championship team Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup yesterday and sit 19th in the Premier League.

Johnson has been relegated in each of the last three seasons and spent a part of this season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship.