West Ham United have made a shock move for Manchester City rebel Carlos Tevez.

The Sun says a senior Hammers figure contacted Manchester City in the wake of the striker's refusal to come on as a substitute in Munich.

But City have knocked the move back as the controversy still rages over Tevez's behaviour in the Champions League encounter against German giants Bayern on Tuesday night.

City are not prepared to do any deals while they take legal advice over the extent to which they can punish Tevez, who is on a two-week suspension.

They are also leading a full investigation into the Argentine's actions at the Allianz Arena.

The Hammers are understood to have been ready to pay a percentage of the player's £250,000-a-week wages for a three-month spell.

That would have taken them up to the January window, when City will look to sell him.