Lisbon turn down £40m for Carvalho
Media reports in Portugal from A Bola claim that Chinese Super League outfit Tianjin Quanjian saw a £40 million bid for the midfielder turned down during over the last week.
The report says Lisbon were unwilling to do business because the club is trying to keep pace with Porto and Benfica in the title race.
Whilst the Hammers only bid around £25m to £30m last winter before a massive row broke out between the two clubs, this appears to demonstrate the difficulties involved in negotiating with the the Portuguese over a player they value at £38 million.
The row between the Hammers and Sporting led to a massive fallout between the two clubs which did nothing to help the game’s image with such insults as “the Dildo Brothers” being thrown at David Gold and David Sullivan.
West Ham and Sporting have since patched up their differences, but the Hammers boss David Moyes has shown little interest in the player.