AZ Alkmaar striker Vincent Janssen rejected a late swoop by West Ham to steal him from under the noses of local rivals Tottenham.

According to Darren Lewis , writing for the Mirror, the 21-year-old is set to complete a ?16million switch to White Hart Lane "within days".However it is also claimed that West Ham made an eleventh-hour bid to gazump Janssen's move to north London - an offer rejected by the player who is reported to have already accepted Tottenham's offer.According to a KUMB source, West Ham were poised for talks with Janssen having met Alkmaar's asking price - until Spurs, always the player's club of choice, matched United's ?16million bid.Janssen is just the latest in a long line of summer transfer targets that West Ham have failed to land.Michy Batshuayi, one of the club's top targets signed for Chelsea last week whilst right-back Thomas Meunier rejected a move to the Olympic Stadium in favour of joining Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain.Meanwhile David Sullivan and his team are no closdser to landing the mythical '20-goals-a-season' striker than back in May, when the club's co-owner revealed he had make a ?25million bid for Leicester and England forward Jamie Vardy (who has since singed a new contract with the Foxes).