West Ham defender Issa Diop insists he is paying no attention to rumours linking him with moves to Chelsea and Manchester United .
The 23-year-old Frenchman is in his second season at the Hammers after joining from Toulouse for around £22million in the summer of 2018.
He has consistently impressed at the back for the east Londoners, making 18 appearances in all competitions in 2019/20 following on from 38 last season.
His form is said to have attracted the attention of a couple of the Premier League's big-hitters, with Manchester United linked with him in the summer and Chelsea rumoured to be preparing a £40million bid for his services this month, via the Daily Express .
However he insists he is happy where he is, and pays no attention to transfer speculation even when his friends tell him about it.
"I am not in negotiations, I don’t care to know which clubs are interested in me. So for me, nothing really changes," Diop told Foot Mercato, via Metro .
"Most of the time, it is friends of mine sending me screenshots to say to me: 'Issa, look…' I am not even the person who finds out first.
"Aside from that, that is the game of the transfer window, some things are true, some things are false. So honestly, I don’t pay too much attention to it.
"Honestly, I don’t really give a s*** about what is in the newspapers. I am not at all concentrated on that. It doesn’t enter my thinking at all.
"I leave people who are responsible to deal with that side. I just focus on football."
The Hammers are back in action at home to Everton on Saturday.
