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West Ham boss Bilic hopeful of signing Sporting's William Carvalho

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic remains hopeful of signing Portugal midfielder William Carvalho.

Bilic wants to make Carvalho his sixth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Marko Arnautovic, Javier Hernandez and Sead Haksabanovic.

However, Carvalho's current club Sporting Lisbon are reportedly holding out for £40 million for the 25-year-old.

Sources say Carvalho is keen on the move, however, and Bilic says Hammers joint-chairman David Sullivan is still on the case.

Bilic said: "I left it to the chairman and the people who are involved. I am concentrating only and totally on our [next] game.