It seems as if Sporting have settled on a price for their star midfielder William Carvalho this summer.
Ken Dyer of the London Evening Standard reports that the Liga NOS side are demanding a package worth £37.5m to allow Carvalho to complete his move to West Ham before next week’s transfer deadline.
It’s understood that the Hammers and Sporting are currently around £5m apart between valuations at this stage as talks begin to stall, but the Portuguese club have made their demands clear at last.
West Ham had been keen on paying the transfer fee in installments, but Sporting want a large chunk of it up front, demanding £20m immediately as the transfer is completed, with the rest of the £17.5m fee paid early next year, giving the Hammers a chance to spread the payments out but Sporting still receive plenty of cash to reinvest.
Carvalho has agreed personal terms with West Ham and is keen to finally make a move to the Premier League but Sporting are playing hard ball over a fee for the 25-year-old.
The Hammers have lined up Sunderland’s Didier Ndong and Benfica’s Ljubomir Fejsa as alternatives if they can’t agree a deal with Sporting for Carvalho, who is now also a reported target for Chelsea.
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