West Ham United have rejected a bid from Aston Villa to sign Enner Valencia with the Premier League club determined to bring in another striker before they will consider letting him go.

Meanwhile manager Slaven Bilic confirmed, as reported by Telegraph Sport, that West Ham hope to take Wilfried Bony on loan until January. The Manchester City striker is understood to already have a deal in place to move to the cash-rich Chinese Super League when their transfer window opens at the turn of the year and is set to go out on loan before that.