West Ham manager Slaven Bilic remains confident over a deal for Sporting CP midfielder William Carvalho.
The transfer for the Portugal international has stalled in recent weeks but Bilic, who has seen his side lose their first two Premier League matches, believes Carvalho will be a Hammers player by the end of the summer window.
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“It’s hard to be objective,” Bilic said, as quoted by the Guardian. “But I am quite confident.”
Sunderland midfielder Didier Ndong has been linked as a potential alternative to Carvalho should the deal fail to be concluded, with Ndong playing in all four of the Black Cats' Championship fixtures this season, but Bilic has ruled out such a move.