Sporting Lisbon defensive midfielder William Carvalho would have been a good signing for West Ham United in the summer transfer window.
The London outfit’s co-chairman David Sullivan revealed on the club’s official website earlier this month of interest in signing Carvalho in the summer transfer window.
“It was disappointing that we didn’t sign Carvalho because it looked as though it was going to happen and that defensive midfield position was one I have wanted to strengthen for some time,” Bilic wrote in The London Evening Standard.
“But it doesn’t mean that, because we didn’t sign him, we haven’t done good business this summer.”
Carvalho is one of the best defensive midfielders in Europe, and the 25-year-old would have been a great signing for West Ham.
The Portugal international is hugely experienced and has played with some of the best players in the world, such as Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid.
The Sporting star is ready to make the step-up from the Portuguese league to the Premier League, and the Euro 2016 winner would have been a very good addition to the current West Ham squad.
However, West Ham need to move on, and Bilic will have to make do with the squad that he has at the moment until January at least.
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