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title: "West Ham interested in Villarreal midfielder Fornals"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2019-01-24T21:55:44Z"
modified: "2019-01-24T21:56:20Z"
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# West Ham interested in Villarreal midfielder Fornals

West Ham are interested in signing Villarreal forward Pablo Fornals, according to reports.

The Hammers have been linked with a flurry of expensive forward signings this month, with several forwards linked with departures during this window, including Lucas Perez and Javier Hernandez.

And according to [Sport](https://www.sport.es/es/), the club are interested in Fornals, who is also interesting Napoli, Fulham and Arsenal.

![David Ramos/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2019/01/861632496.jpg)

According to a report by [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-agenda-west-ham-arsenal-squabble-starts-build-transfer/), Villarreal have yet to receive any formal offers for the 22-year attacking midfielder, and will refuse any offer unless a club meets their €33million release clause.

While Arsenal are unlikely to spend so highly this month, West Ham have been linked with a number of players in a similar price bracket, so an offer isn’t impossibly difficult to imagine.