The Ghana winger Andre Ayew is wanted by five top-flight clubs in the English Premier League on a free next summer.
Ayew has edged closer to a Premier League move by rejecting Olympique Marseilleââ¬â¢s latest contract offer.
Liverpool, Everton, Swansea, Hull and West Ham are all keen and are watching developments.
Ayew plans to run down his deal in France in order to seal a dream switch.
Marseille are refusing to break their wage structure keep the 24-year-old, who wants ã50,000 a week.
But he knows he can earn that bumper salary if he quits to cross the English Channel on a Bosman next year.