West Ham United are chasing Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips.
The Daily Star says Wright-Phillips' days are numbered at Eastlands and Roberto Mancini will let the England winger leave next month.
Hammers manager Avram Grant and co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold will meet this week to discuss potential transfer targets, which will include the possibility of making a cut-price move for Wright-Phillips in January.
City splashed £8.5m to bring Wright-Phillips back to the club from Chelsea in 2008 - but they will let him leave on the cheap to get the winger off their wage bill.
With Sullivan and Gold still sorting out the club's precarious finances, the Hammers are unwilling to break the bank to bring him to Upton Park; Wright-Phillips would have to take a pay-cut from his current £65,000-per-week wages to aid a move.
A loan move for Wright-Phillips with City paying a portion of his salary would suit the Hammers.
Wigan Athletic are also plotting a January loan move for Wright-Phillips, who has a house in Cheshire and, therefore, wouldn't have to relocate to join the club.
However, like West Ham, the main stumbling block for the Latics in landing Wright-Phillips would be the cost of the deal.
