JUST IN: West Ham has responded to allegations of exhibiting a “deep lack of respect” in its transfer policy.

Following the collapse of moves involving Said Benrahma and Pablo Fornals on deadline day, West Ham has responded to allegations of exhibiting a “deep lack of respect” in its transfer policy.

After Said Benrahma and Pablo Fornals’ moves to Lyon and Real Betis failed to go through in time, West Ham spent yesterday frantically trying to rectify the deadline-day mess.

In a dispute akin to the malfunctioning fax machine that prevented David De Gea from joining Real Madrid in 2015, Lyon and Betis both charged the English team of mishandling their portion of the paperwork.

After looking over the situation yesterday, FIFA gave its consent, allowing Fornals and Benrahma to ultimately move forward in spite of the deadline. Benrahma will join Lyon on loan with a £15 million option at the end of the season, while Fornals signed a £6.8 million contract to join Betis.

However, West Ham is still incensed with Lyon’s incredible comeback on deadline night after the purchasing club accused them of “incomprehensible behavior.”

The French team was about to watch Benrahma sign a contract live on television when things went terribly wrong. Their humiliation prompted them to issue a shocking statement in which they claimed that West Ham had shown them and the player “a deep lack of respect.”

The selling club was accused of neglecting to provide their side of the story to FIFA’s Transfer Matching System, an online process that facilitates player trades across international borders.

‘It’s a huge term to use before we get a chance to show exactly what happened or didn’t happen,’ West Ham manager David Moyes said in response to Lyon’s accusation that they lacked’respect’ yesterday.

Further, according to West Ham sources, Lyon’s comment was completely false and might even be harmful.

Without Benrahma and Fornals, Moyes’ attacking options are now much more limited, particularly in light of the harsh realization that he was lacking a left winger during Thursday’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth. Despite the team’s lackluster performance at the London Stadium, supporters jeered the team at the end of the match, placing them sixth in the Premier League.

Moyes has advanced in completing the details of his new deal with West Ham in the meantime. The manager stated, “We’re well down the line and moving on with it,” following Bournemouth. ‘Now that the window is closed, we will resume our work.’