Ruben Semedo is linked to Premier League clubs every day by the Portuguese media, but West Ham aren’t usually one of them. That’s not to say Slaven Bilic’s side haven’t been mentioned, but they’re only in a fraction of the stories.

Sunday’s edition of Portuguese newspaper Record claims West Ham are one of a number of sides who have either ‘shown interest or made informal an approach’ for the central defender.

The assumption would have to be, given how infrequent West Ham’s name is used, the interest in this case is on the milder side. Nevertheless, it’s claimed there’s still something there, and if the Hammers want to complete a deal then they’ll be looking at €20m.

Sporting are keen to sell the 23 year old, but they don’t want to appear too desperate, so as not to drive the price down.

The word coming from the Lisbon club to their local media is that if no sale at €20m can be found, then Sporting will work to keep Semedo and extend and improve his contract with the club.

This may be one that West Ham and Bilic currently have in the long grass.