Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed that West Ham want to sign winger Rachid Ghezzal.
L'Equipe reported on Wednesday that the Hammers had made an initial offer of €8 million for the Algeria international.
Everton are also credited with an interest in Ghezzal, 24, who scored eight goals in Ligue 1 last season and assisted on seven more.
Ghezzal's contract with Lyon expires in a year's time, but Aulas expects the player to sign a new deal after helping his team to finish second in Ligue 1 last season.
"He wants me to talk with his advisors and so I'm going to call them this week to try to break the deadlock," Aulas told L'Equipe.