West Ham United offered Kurt Zouma and Nayef Aguerd to Nice in their attempts to sign Jean-Clair Todibo this summer.
The Hammers have been pushing to sign the French defender this summer but have faced a brick wall in the form of Nice.
The Ligue 1 club rejected an offer of €30m from the east London club for the former Barcelona centre-back earlier in the window.
It has been claimed that West Ham even tried offering players as part of a deal but Nice knocked back that approach as well.