President slams door shut on striker deal

Sevilla have turned down a £33 million bid for Youssef En-Nesyri, president Jose Castro has told Cope, as translated by Fichajes.

And while he was also reluctant to identify West Ham by name the president said that En-Nesyri won’t be going anywhere in this transfer window.

“It is true several English teams have tried to sign En-Nesyri but we have no intention of selling the player right now,” Castro explains.

En-Nesyri confirmed at the weekend he had no plans to walk away from the Europa League winners just 12 months after arriving from Leganes.

And, speaking to ABC Sevilla 24 hours later, his agent admitted an offer from an unnamed Premier League club strongly reported to have been West Ham had been rejected.

David Moyes has already publicly admitted to reporters that he made an unsuccessful bid for 23-year-old.

He is likely to look again in the summer for a long term replacement for Seb Haller.