West Ham United face work permit difficulties as they chase Inter Milan veteran Dejan Stankovic.

The Nerazzurri understood to be keen to offload his €2.5m annual salary, which still has two years to otherwise run.

The Daily Mail says the 33-year-old, as a non-EU national, would need to apply to play in England, but that this would only be granted if he had played at least 75 per cent of his current club's games the previous season.