Hull have yet to receive any improved bids for Robert Snodgrass, with West Ham’s offer of £6m rising to £7.5m that was lodged last week falling short of their valuation of the Scotland international.

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Premier League clubs including Burnley, Watford, Middlesbrough and Sunderland have expressed an interest in the 29-year-old, who refused to sign a three-year contract last month, although Hull recently instigated a one-year contract extension that means he is tied to the club until the summer of 2018.

Crystal Palace’s interest appears to have cooled after the signing of Jeffrey Schlupp from Leicester last week, while Snodgrass has already indicated he is not interested in moving to China despite being offered around £4m a season after tax by an unnamed club.

Any move this month is therefore likely to rest on Hull’s owners accepting a bid they feel is worthy for a player who has scored seven times in the Premier League this season despite his club’s struggles.

They had valued him at around £8m but that could be complicated by Hull’s decision to accept a £10m bid from West Brom for Jake Livermore on Thursday, with the former Tottenham midfielder due for a medical before becoming Tony Pulis’s first signing of the January window.

West Brom, who missed out on Morgan Schneiderlin last week, are also interested in the Angers centre-back Romain Thomas. Pulis failed to sign him last summer and the 28-year-old is now expected to be available for around £5m.