Regardless of where West Ham United end the Premier League season in 2023/24, it seems that one player will be on his way out of the club.
It isn’t even clear if David Moyes will still be in charge for 2024/25 given that his contract is up at the end of this season and the club are in no rush to offer an extension.
In any event, 27-year-old Pablo Fornals appears destined to move on, most likely back to Spain, either in January or next summer.
Claret and Hugh, a website that’s believed to have links with people inside the club, have noted that Sevilla are showing an interest in Fornals, but may not be able to afford the £10m fee it would cost for him to move early in the new year.
That would mean having to wait until the summer, and the player only being given cursory minutes in the meantime.
He has become a real fan favourite in his time at the club, perhaps never more so than when scoring the winner in the semi-final of the Europa Conference League last season at AZ Alkmaar.
It took them to a final against Fiorentina which they also won in the last minute for their first major silverware in 43 years.
Fornals is yet another great player who Moyes plays in the wrong position on the wing . When ever Fornals makes it to the center he becomes a serious goal threat . Unless Westham have a superior replacement lined up for the January transfer window , there is no good reason to sell Pablo for cheap . Better to have him available for squad rotation at the business end of the season when he can score some more important goals . I would rather see him leave for free in the summer and win another cup than get 5 million for him and run out of fresh , fit players for the key cup matches at the end of the season .