West Ham joint-chairman David Sullivan has claimed that manager Slaven Bilic turned down the opportunity to sign Renato Sanches and Grzegorz Krychowiak.
Swansea and West Brom both pulled off impressive loan moves in the transfer market this week, with the Swans bringing in Sanches from Bayern Munich and the Baggies securing Krychowiak from Paris Saint-Germain.
Both players could have ended up at West Ham this summer, according to Sullivan, only for Bilic to reject the chance to add them to his squad, which currently sits bottom of the Premier League table.
"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 is quoted as saying by Sky Sports.