West Ham United vice-chairman Karren Brady has revealed they turned down new Fulham signing Steve Sidwell.
In her diary for The Sun, Brady wrote: "Villa's Steve Sidwell seems about to sign a full contract with Fulham... and I wish him a lot of luck.
"I had to tell Steve that for various reasons - none his fault - we had changed our mind about signing him on loan.
"This was a filthy task but in the end it was decided that, with 13 midfielders and most of the injured about to return, we couldn't promise him regular first-team football and he'd hardly be in a better position than at Villa Park."
