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title: "West Ham informed of terms to complete Carvalho transfer"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2017-08-24T10:55:44Z"
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# West Ham informed of terms to complete Carvalho transfer

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](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-eye-sunderland-s-didier-ndong-after-growing-impatient-in-pursuit-of-william-carvalho-a3619061.html) 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.

![Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2017/08/824321956.jpg)

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.