Hammers lay down law to Lisbon on Carvalho

West Ham are today playing a  waiting game as Sporting Lisbon consider their latest offer from William Carvahlo.

The Portuguese club have been regularly moving the goal posts throughout negotiations and the Irons have laid down the law saying they have made their final offer..

The Hammers have twice believed the deal is about to be done before the Portuguese negotiators have pushed up the ante by demanding additional extras to those agreed.

But the Hammers have now made it clear this is the final offer in a bid to show the club that such brinkmanship can become a two edged sword.

They have made the biggest offer the Portuguese club has ever received for the player – 30 million euros plus add ons which could take the bid to around  42 million euros.

Now they are waiting for a response following the Tuesday night Champions League first leg play off game which saw Lisbon draw 0-0 with Steah Bucharest.

ClaretandHugh was told there was still confidence a deal would be done but that there came a point where a “line has to be drawn”