West Ham are ready to break the bank to sign Olivier Giroud.
Arsenal are likely to offload the France striker as they look to complete a £50m deal for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette.
But West Ham are desperate to get Giroud and stop the Arsenal striker returning to France either as part of the Lacazette deal or to another Ligue 1 club.
West Ham are willing to pay £20m plus a staggering £130,000-a-week for Giroud which would make it the biggest deal in the club’s history.
Giroud, who turns 30 in September, only signed a new deal in January on £120,000-a-week which takes him up until 2020.
But West Ham are ready to better that - and give him an extra year to try to tempt him to move across London.
Lyon have admitted publicly they are interested in Giroud while Marseille have also been linked with him.
But it is unlikely either club could match West Ham’s offer and now Giroud has a big decision to make on his future.
Giroud has been a brilliant servant for Arsenal since his £11m move from Montpellier in 2012 and is still a first choice for France.
But he lost his place towards the end of the campaign and now Arsenal could let him go to help fund their rebuilding plans.
But no deal would be sanctioned until they get reinforcements and Giroud has stayed and fought for his place in the past.
Lacazette is their No1 priority and they hope they can get a deal done while Monaco’s Thomas Lemar and Kylian Mbappe remain on their radar.
They face daunting competition for Mbappe from Real Madrid with Liverpool also interested.