West Ham have endured a dramatic few months, with the club doing very well to land Joe Hart, Marko Arnautovic, Pablo Zabaleta and Javier Hernandez but also missing out on key midfield targets.

The Hammers were very public in their pursuit of Sporting Lisbon ace William Carvalho, whilst co-chairman David Sullivan remarkably revealed yesterday that boss Slaven Bilic turned down the opportunity to sign Grzegorz Krychowiak and Renato Sanchez; who joined West Brom and Swansea City respectively.

Sullivan also claimed the Hammers pulled out of a deal on Deadline Day for Portuguese international Carvalho, as the club could not complete a medical in time ahead of the closing of the window, but that claim has been disputed by Sporting Lisbon.

Issuing a statement, Sporting Lisbon denied any offer had been reached or offered by the Hammers as they said:

“No proposal arrived for the player William Carvalho. Mr Sullivan has a duty to prove what he says. For this reason, Sporting Clube de Portugal challenge him to publicly show the proposals he says have been made, as well as the evidence that Sporting CP has received them.”