CARVALHO STILL FITTING THE BIL

WILLIAM CARVALHO still wants to go to West Ham – despite the breakdown in relations between the two clubs.

And Slaven Bilic still wants the Sporting Lisbon midfielder, 25, to form a partnership with Cheikhou Kouyate.

It means the deal for Carvalho (above), aborted on Deadline Day, could be reignited in January.

But it also means the Irons may be forced to bury the hatchet with Sporting chief Bruno de Carvalho following a row that resulted in Sporting threatening to report West Ham to FIFA for an alleged illegal approach.

The Hammers, in turn, threatened to sue the Portuguese club after De Carvalho urged Irons fans to use an insulting jibe to describe Hammers owners David Gold and David Sullivan.