Garde spent six years as a player and three as a manager at Lyon and is now hoping to use his contacts there to strike a bargain deal for Beauvue.

The 27-year-old only signed for Lyon in the summer from Guingamp, where he scored 34 goals in 94 games, as the French club beat West Ham to a deal.

But clashes with senior figures at the club and form that has brought him just four goals this year have seen him placed on the transfer list according to reports in France.