Despite various reports and actualities, in the end Carlos Bacca remained at Milan after negotiations with West Ham broke down. In regards of the Colombian, the Hammer's manager Slaven Bilic found time to speak with MilanNews:
"Yes, at the beginning, Bacca turned down a transfer to us, I've got no problems admitting it. In this transfer window, we tried to raise the technical bar by signing players which would have been unthinkable for our club a few years ago. Lacazette, Zaza, Bacca and Batshuayi were on our list but we knew it would be difficult to sign them. We initially wanted Zaza but Juve weren't willing to sell him, then we had Lacazette on our radar as well as Bacca. We weren't the Colombian's first choice, he was waiting for Atletico and Arsenal, in the end he chose to stay in Milan, we are very happy as we signed Zaza who a year ago was our first choice".
@EddieBenedetti