8 Players Who Turned Down Big Moves To Join West Ham

4. Cheikhou Kouyate

The first of three of this summer's signings to find a place on this list, it just goes to show the higher ambitions that the club has with its aim to fill the Olympic Stadium when we move in 2016. We joined the race for the Senegal defensive midfielder, along with teams including Valencia and Sevilla, in June this year. Kouyate jumped at the chance to play Premier League football for West Ham despite the calibre of teams after him.