Monaco are this morning being reported as likely to make a late move for West Ham target William Carvalho.
Leading French newspaper L’Equipe say that the Sporting Lisbon defensive midfielder is fancied by the Monaco despite reports that Anderlecht’s Leander Dendoncker is close to the move to the club.
Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim is reported keen on Carvalho, – a player he knows from Sporting Lisbon days – and whom he helped to breakthrough as a player of importance in 2013-14.
L’Equipe reckon that given the Hammers apparently having walked away for the deal – a stance the Portuguese media believe is a “bluff” – that the French club could do a deal in the last days of the window.
Such is the frantic speculation and rumour mongering in the final days of the window however, it’s equally realistic to believe that suggestions of rival bids coming in for the player represent nothing more than counter bluffs by interested parties – essentially agents!