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Swansea boss Monk: West Ham never close for Bony

Swansea City boss Garry Monk is surprised by Sam Allardyce's claims that West Ham United considered signing Wilfried Bony.

Bony has since scored 31 goals compared to two by injury-hit Carroll and is the Premier League's joint top-scorer during 2014, along with Sergio Aguero.

But Monk is not convinced that Bony moving to West Ham was ever a realistic option.

He said: "It's the first I've heard of that. But if that's what they were doing obviously they didn't really want him enough.

"It is not a concern for us, but I am sure every club can say that they were looking at this player and that."

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