West Ham United are being heavily linked with a move for Monaco centre-back Aymen Abdennour.

The 25-year old defender only joined the club on a permanent basis last summer after a successful loan spell the year before, and has made over 30 appearances for the Tunisian national side.

French newspaper L’Equipe reports that the Hammers made a bid approaching £15 million last week, which was turned down, although they seem set to improve on that in the coming days.

Abdennour is also the subject of interest from Liverpool.