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title: "West Ham interest in Youssef En-Nesyri ‘not true or real’, claims Sevilla manager"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2021/01/23/west-ham-interest-youssef-en-nesyri-not-true-julen-lopetegui/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2021-01-23T06:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-01-23T06:00:00Z"
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# West Ham interest in Youssef En-Nesyri ‘not true or real’, claims Sevilla manager

Sevilla manager Julen Lopetegui has suggested that speculation linking striker [Youssef En-Nesyri](https://readwestham.com/2021/01/20/sevilla-name-asking-price-for-youssef-en-nesyri/) with [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2021/01/22/alex-crook-names-josh-maja-as-potential-west-ham-target/) isn’t ‘true or real’, as per [Dario de Sevilla](https://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevillafc/Lopetegui-Cadiz-mejor-convive-balon_0_1540346211.html).

There has been [a lot made of the Hammers’ reported interest](https://www.football365.com/news/west-ham-priced-out-move-sevilla-striker-youssef-en-nesyri) in the 23-year-old Moroccan this week, but when asked about the links between his striker and a move to east London, Lopetegui emphatically quashed the rumours.

The 54-year-old said: ”I don’t go into other things that are not true or real. When a player asks me for advice, I will give it, but I do not speak of rumours.”

West Ham were [reported](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9175189/West-Ham-not-interested-raising-22m-offer-Sevillas-Youssef-En-Nesyri.html) to have had an offer of £22m for En-Nesyri rejected earlier this week, with the [La Liga side demanding](https://sportwitness.co.uk/clearly-insufficient-west-ham-told-offer-needs-significantly-higher-january-signing/) somewhere in the region of £30m-35m.

The centre-forward has been in [sparkling form so far this season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/youssef-en-nesyri/leistungsdaten/spieler/433049) with nine league goals and showed no signs of the speculation affecting his performance this week when he netted inside the opening five minutes of [Sevilla’s 2-1 victory](https://www.sofascore.com/player/youssef-en-nesyri/846470)over Deportivo Alaves.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

A firm rebuff from a prickly Lopetegui.

The Irons are going to face an expensive uphill battle to land the [35-cap Morocco striker](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/youssef-en-nesyri/nationalmannschaft/spieler/433049/verein_id/3575) and may perhaps be best served to cut their losses and move on to more attainable targets.

Signing En-Nesyri would have been a major statement of intent from the club but, with Sevilla reluctant to sell as they themselves go [in search of European football](https://www.skysports.com/la-liga-table), it seems unlikely that a deal can be made.

Unfortunately, it seems that almost every striker linked with West Ham either [finds a new club](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/marseille-talks-sign-milik-napoli/w6jrhhn7zgrz1gpo0dp6bza2e#:~:text=Arkadiusz%20Milik%20is%20edging%20closer,the%20end%20of%20the%20season.) elsewhere or becomes too important to his current club for a sale to be countenanced.