West Ham boss Slaven Bilic rejected the chance to sign both Renato Sanches and Grzegorz Krychowiak this summer.
Sanches joined Swansea on a one-year deal after being allowed to leave Bayern Munich on loan, while Krychowiak signed for West Brom, but Hammers’ co-owner David Sullivan says Bilic had the option to sign both players.
“Grzegorz Krychowiak and Renato Sanches were both offered to the manager before their switches elsewhere, but he told us that he is happy with the squad he has,” Sullivan said.
“As a Board we are behind Slaven, and he believes he has the tools to turn around our form and rectify our disappointing start to the season.