The Mail ran a story on line declaring that the Irons are bracing thmselves for a £10 million plus bid from Manchester United.
But our top source at the club told us a few minutes ago: “There has been no bid and we are not expecting one. Mind you there is quite possibly a lot of agent activity going on as one might expect.”
The Mail story had claimed the Hammers were bracing themselves for a bid for the defender and added it could arrive sooner rather than later, even as early as this week.
But co-owner David Gold has denied any interest in selling the defender and our source said: “There has been nothing from anywhere and he remains our player on contract.
And our source said: “As for bracing ourselves for a bid – there has been nothing from anywhere so that wouldn’t be true.”