West Ham United are still interested in signing Alex Song on a permanent basis, according to the Daily Mail.

The Barcelona midfielder spent the 2014/15 season on with the Hammers, who are interested keen on bringing the Cameroon enforcer back to Upton Park.

Song has a floating bone around his ankle, which could see him sidelined for up to three months and it is understood Slaven Bilic’s men also have the optioning of signing Lassana Diarra, who is a free agent.