West Ham United showed interest in signing Eli Junior Kroupi from Lorient. They made a €42 million (£35m) bid, which was rejected by the French side. Lorient were satisfied with the transfer fee but not with the terms of the deal. Lorient expects Kroupi's value to rise to €60-72m by the summer transfer market.

The £35m deal for Lorient's 18-year-old Eli Junior Kroupi to join West Ham United is almost certainly off. Both the French club and the player believe it's in the teenager's best interests to stay until at least the summer. This information was reported by West Ham insider ExWHUEmployee on The West Ham Way podcast.

West Ham United have made an offer worth £30m for Lorient teenager Eli Junior Kroupi.