It has been an eventful few days at West Ham United, but not for good reasons.
The Premier League club are in dispute with Sporting Lisbon over William Carvalho, who was linked with a move to the London Stadium during the summer transfer window.
Sporting’s communications director Nuno Saraiva denied claims from West Ham co-owner David Sullivan that a club-record bid was made in an attempt to sign Carvalho.
Saraiva described the businessman as a “parasite” in a lengthy Facebook post insisting that Sporting did not receive any bids from the Hammers.
Sporting president Bruno de Carvalho also got involved in the war of words, being quoted by Portuguese publication Record as describing West Ham co-owners Sullivan and David Gold the “dildo brothers”.
It appears that his comment is in reference to Sullivan’s previous work in the adult entertainment industry.
Now, Sky Sports News has revealed two emails that appear to prove that the Hammers did contact Sporting with offers for Carvalho.
The text shows that the English club offered around £23m for the Portugal midfielder, including add-ons based on the Hammers qualifying for the Champions League.
The club also proposed a 10% sell-on fee and added that if the deal was not completed “asap” then they would “borrow” a player from Paris Saint-Germain.
The controversy looks set to rumble on, and it seems that West Ham fans are pointing the finger at their owners.
