Former West Ham star Dani Carvalho 'cried every day' during his time on loan at the Premier League club in 1995-96 season
Portuguese midfielder also revealed his lack of respect for then-manager Harry Redknapp and his London social life
Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2017 by Thesun.co.uk
FORMER West Ham star Dani Carvalho has revealed he "cried every day" during his time on loan at the Premier League club.
The former Portuguese midfielder, now 40, joined the Hammers on loan from Sporting Lisbon in 1996.
Dani Carvalho has opened up about his nightmare stint at West Ham
But Carvalho revealed he didn't enjoy his time in England.
Speaking to Tribuna Expresso, Carvalho said: "For the first two or three weeks I cried every day.
"I spent hours on the phone with my parents. I was 18, alone in London, living in a two-story apartment with no driving license.
"I felt isolated and missed the day-to-day stuff as I used to have dinner with my parents and my sister every day."
Carvalho also revealed London was probably the worst place to be sent given his chequered history involving the opposite sex.
He added: "One of the newspapers wrote 'Lock up your daughters! Dani has arrived!'
"Then I was contacted by a modelling agency who built and strengthened my image as a 'handsome boy'.
"They started to take me to the film premieres and they introduced me to producers and so on and that's when I began to live London life in earnest.
"I was suddenly with Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis and Kate Moss by my side at movie premieres.
"The Twelve Monkeys was the first one I went to. Sometimes I couldn't believe what was happening!
"I thought it was a joke to be in those places so I tried to play and maintain that social life."
Carvalho also revealed how he lost all respect for then-Hammers boss Harry Redknapp over his management of him.
He added: "West Ham had an option to buy me, but the price wasn't set.
"When I arrived West Ham were were 16th in the table and after I got there we were soon up to seventh or eighth.
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