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West Ham United are considering taking Andre Gomes on a season loan from Barcelona.

The Portugal midfielder – signed from Valencia in a potential €55million transfer last summer – has been offered to West Ham at no fee.

The English Premier League club would be required to cover Gomes' salary in full and ensure that an individual who played a significant role in Portugal's Euro 2016 winning squad appears regularly in West Ham's first team.

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It is understood that should Gomes fail to play a specified minimum number of fixtures, Barca would be entitled to levy a loan fee on the deal.

Gomes, 24, has been proposed to West Ham's under-pressure manager Slaven Bilic as an alternative to fellow Portugal international William Carvalho. After rejecting an initial offer of €30million with a further €10m of performance-related variables earlier this month, Sporting asked West Ham to increase their bid for Carvalho to around €42m.

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West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan has refused to sanction an improved offer for the 25-year-old amidst concerns over Bilic's leadership of a team that has lost its first three League fixtures as well as the quality of the manager's acquisitions this summer.

Although the Lisbon club considers the deal dead, Carvalho is understood to have continued to push West Ham to sign him before the summer window closes.