One of the latest transfer rumours involving West Ham surrounds Saint-Etienne right back Kevin Malcuit.
The Hammers allegedly had two bids turned down for the versatile Frenchman during the January transfer window totalling no more than £8 million.
But more recent reports now speculate that West Ham will go back in for Malcuit in the summer with a bid of more than £10 million.
Slaven Bilic is said to be desperate to provide competition for the injury prone Sam Byram and plug the gap left by the side-lining of Alvaro Arbeloa.
Ligue 1 has been something of a hit-and-miss league for Premier League clubs when it comes to recruitment in recent years, but talents such as Dimitri Payet, Laurent Koscielny and Hugo Lloris show there is a wealth of relatively cheap talent across the Channel.
With that in mind, here are three players currently plying their trade in Ligue 1 that we think would go down a treat in east London…
