Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have made Scott Parker their top January transfer target, but
West Ham United are refusing to sell their prized asset.
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It would take a massive bid to persuade the Hammers to change their minds, but the club are expecting a renewed bid for their influential midfielder, who only recently signed a new record-breaking five-year contract.
West Ham are perturbed to discover that their captain is once again a target after the club threatened to report Tottenham to the Premier League for their pursuit of Parker in August.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp had a £7 million offer turned down in August and West Ham are preparing to rebuff an improved £8 million bid.
The club are shocked that a source from inside Upton Park apparently suggested that Parker wants to leave and that the club would reluctantly accept his request to switch to a big club. West Ham want Parker to stay and honour his new contract.
But Spurs are not alone now in the hunt to prise Parker away. Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has money to spend in January after the Anfield takeover and has earmarked the midfielder as one of this top priorities.
ESPNsoccernet reported in the summer that it would take an offer approaching £20 million to tempt the Hammers to even think about selling - and neither Spurs nor Liverpool would pay that much for a 30-year-old player.
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