Sporting CP have released a damning statement which has declared West Ham's co-owner David Sullivan as a liar following his claims that the Portuguese club made a late U-turn on deadline day regarding the sale of midfielder William Carvalho.
Sullivan claimed Sporting made contact with West Ham to accept their original offer on Thursday, however due to the impending deadline, the Premier League club rejected the offer as they were not prepared to depart with a hefty sum of money without going through adequate medical checks.
Following Sullivan's public declaration, the Portuguese club released a statement of their own on their official Facebook page on Saturday, which was translated by Reddit user TrashHawk; it read:
"David Sullivan lies.