West Ham are readying a bid for Sheffield United defender John Egan.

The Sun says they will make a £12million move to sign Egan in January.

Republic of Ireland centre-back Egan was a top target for Hammers boss David Moyes before the last window shut but the Championship club refused to deal.

Moyes tried and failed to sign other centre-backs at the 11th hour and eventually missed out.

He still has that need, however, and will revisit the deal in January.