And they would appear to be based purely on the fact that the club were supposedly interested in the December window and reportedly saw a bid rejected.
On the face of it the Nottingham Forest player fits the David Mould mould as a Championship player who has made a big impression at Nottingham Forest.
However,with Ryan Fredericks, Jeremy Ngakia and Ben Johnson available in the position, he is nowhere near a priority player and Moyes is currently looking in the British market for a striker and left back anyway.
And there’s the added issue that should Forest be promoted to the Premier League, the east midlands outfit would push his price from around the £18 million, which is apparently their current valuation, to around £25 million.
This has been a recurring story since winter when reported targets are resurrected as again being on the radar. Not true.
A top Hammers insider told us by e mail: “We’ve said many times that in the current circumstances there are no targets.. We aren’t thinking in those terms at all – we just want the game back in action and to know which division we’ll be playing in before making any such plans.”