West Ham and Newcastle will have to cough up in excess of £8million to land Saint Etienne's highly-rated full back Kevin Malcuit.
The 25-year-old defender is one of the players the French club are prepared to lose in order to raise funds for their own transfer targets and they are aware of the growing interest in him.
Lille recently had a bid of around £6m turned down for Malcuit, with Saint Etienne deeming the valuation unsatisfactory.
According to reports in France, the Ligue 1 club are demanding over £8m in order to part with their influential defender.