West Ham want to sign permanently on-loan Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Hammers chiefs were understood to be waiting until the end of the season to decide on making an offer to Manchester City.

But the Mirror says they have already been suitably impressed with £120,000-a-week Hart to plot a swoop.

The keeper was axed by Pep Guardiola, who felt he was not good enough with his feet, and has no future at the Etihad.

West Ham offered him a return to England after his loan spell at Torino but it has not all been plain sailing.