Swansea City have been rebuffed in an effort to sign Fyodor Smolov from FC Krasnodar.
The Russia international was the subject of an £11million bid from West Ham in December, but David Moyes had reservations about pushing ahead on the deal this month.
Swansea made their own offer of around £15million but the 27-year-old captain of Russia was reluctant to make the move.
A fluent English speaker, Smolov was keen on a switch to London but is now a target for Zenit St Petersburg.