West Ham United could trump QPR for free agent Lassana Diarra in the coming weeks.

The Daily Mail says Rs boss Harry Redknapp wanted to sign the former France midfielder Diarra in the summer after his fall-out with Lokomotiv Moscow.

However, after delays in his release paperwork from Lokomotiv, Redknapp moved for Sandro at Tottenham instead.

Diarra, 29, has been training with West Ham's head of medicine and sports science Stijn Vandenbroucke to maintain his fitness and, if anything, would prefer to join up with his former colleague at Upton Park.