West Ham were offered Sanches and Krychowiak

West Ham chairman David Sullivan has confirmed that Renato Sanches and Grzegorz Krychowiak were both offered to West Ham this summer.

Sullivan has revealed that West Ham are given the chance to sign the pair but manager Slaven Bilic rejected the chance.

Bilic was happy with his squad and felt that he did not need either midfielder to strengthen his side.

Speaking to West Ham’s website, Sullivan said this:

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.

This is despite the club’s clear attempts to sign a midfielder on deadline day, with William Carvalho and Andre Gomes both heavily linked with a switch to the Olympic Stadium.

Sanches and Krychowiak did both get their moves on deadline day, though. They signed for Swansea and West Brom on loan respectively.

Sanches, from Bayern Munich, was seen as a massive coup for Swansea and has been touted as one of the best young midfielders in Europe.

Bilic did not think he would add to the current West Ham squad.