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title: "Alaves deny contact from West Ham over Maripan deal"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2019/03/25/alaves-deny-contact-from-west-ham-over-maripan-deal/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2019-03-25T12:45:02Z"
modified: "2019-03-25T12:45:03Z"
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# Alaves deny contact from West Ham over Maripan deal

Alaves sporting director Sergio Fernandez has refuted claims that West Ham have been in contact over a deal to sign central defender Guillermo Maripan this summer.

[According to Sport, via Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/west-ham-follow-track-closely-transfer-talked-e25m-thought-enough/), Fernandez has said that West Ham have not made any offers for Maripan and have not been in contact with the Spanish club in any attempt to strike an agreement.

![David Ramos/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2019/03/1081450178.jpg)

The report also claims that Alaves are looking for a fee in the region of €25m for Maripan, with Roma and West Ham both interested – although neither of those claims are backed up by Fernandez.

Maripan has been capped 13 times by Chile at international level and has been a regular at the heart of the Alaves defence this season.

The 24-year-old defender has scored twice in 22 La Liga appearances from centre-back this season and is now starting to attract interest due to his impressive performances.