West Ham United boss Avram Grant has taken a veiled swipe at Stoke City for trying to sign Demba Ba.
Grant refused to point the finger directly at Stoke but, given how close they were to signing Ba, it was clear the West Ham boss was far from happy with Tony Pulis' intervention.
He said: "Nobody knew Ba before we wanted to sign him. The minute his name was in the paper, everyone wanted him.
"It is justice that he is with us. I don't try to steal players from other teams."
