West Ham midfielder Robert Snodgrass is expected to complete his move to Championship club Aston Villa, after an unsuccessful eight months at the London Stadium, opening the door for the Hammers to move for William Carvalho.
Snodgrass was in Birmingham on Friday and the season-long loan deal is expected to be confirmed subject to a medical.
The Glasgow-born 29-year-old moved to West Ham from Hull City in January in a £10.8million deal but has failed to tie down a regular place, making just 15 appearances and failing to find the back of the net.
The move may hasten West Ham’s bid to sign Portuguese midfielder Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon.
Manager Slaven Bilic is keen but there is a £5m gap between Sporting’s valuation and West Ham’s most recent offer.
Earlier in the week, the Croatian admitted that should any more players leave, replacements would have to be brought in due to the size of their squad, meaning if a deal for the Sporting man can’t be achieved, they will have to turn to other targets.
