West Ham fullback Vladimir Coufal admits he was tempted by a January move to Bayer Leverkusen.
Coufal has made 16 Premier League starts but will be out of contract at the end of the season and the arrival of German international Thilo Kehrer has pushed the 30-year-old down the pecking order.
Speaking to Sport.cz, Coufal said: There was interest, people from the club came to see, some negotiations took place. But it was a standard market demand, nothing to do with me leaving. At Bayer, they were deciding whether Jeremie Frimpong would leave, I wasn't that busy at the time.
Of course, it attracted me in a way, Leverkusen is an elite German team, there are two Czech boys in the squad, they play interesting football. But maybe it would be a step back.