West Ham have targeted Villarreal’s Pablo Fornals after cooling their interest in Celta Vigo’s Stanislav Lobotka. Manuel Pellegrini is determined to strengthen his midfield and last weekend it emerged that West Ham were exploring the possibility of signing Lobotka from Vigo. West Ham had held discussions with Vigo about a double deal for Lobotka and Maxi Gómez, the highly rated Uruguay forward. However the West Ham director of football, Mario Husillos, has moved quickly to contact Villarreal about Fornals. West Ham have also shown an interest in signing Ozan Kabak from Stuttgart but face competition from several German sides for the 19-year-old defender.

Source: The Guardian June 11, 2019 16:07 UTC