Slaven BIlic was dousing expectations at the Olympic Stadium this morning as he poured cold water on rumours that he is set to make a string of new signings ahead of the transfer window deadline.
The West Ham boss was quoted earlier in the week stating that he needed up to "five players" for his squad ahead of the the trasnfer deadline.However he dismissed those rumours ahead of today's friendly clash with Juventus, when he stated he would be happy with just two.
"We are very close to signing a couple of players and that's it." he said. "When I said a few days ago that we are expecting to get five players I didn't mean five new players - but players like Payet, Lanzini and Cresswell who are going to be back.
"We are very close to signing Andre Ayew from Swansea and we are very close to signing Arthur Masuaku, the French left back from Olympiakos. It's almost done, but until it's done it's never done!
"We are trying to get quality players but we have marquee players, Feghouli is a marquee player, Tore is a marquee player. Andre Ayew is a big time marquee player. It doesn't have to be someone for 70 or 80million, we can't afford it.
"But we are close to signing a couple of them; if those two players come then I'm quite happy with my squad."
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