West Ham have failed to persuade Sevilla striker Youssef En-Nesyri into making the switch to the London Stadium, according to ExWHUEmployee.
The insider claims that an agreement was reached to sign the Moroccan international on loan with an obligation to buy, but the forward was not keen on joining the Hammers.
Supporters on Twitter are glad that En-Nesyri has decided against the transfer, as they prefer to have players who want to play for the club:
Forget this guy and get Breteton Diaz
— Peter Crowe (@petercrowe511) January 10, 2023
Only west ham that struggle to sign Youssef for about 4 seasons straight then finally manage to get a deal done when the player don’t even want to come 🤣🤣
— Arturo (@whupearcey) January 10, 2023
Good, rather have a player that wants to play for us.
— Gez Barton (@bartong2011) January 10, 2023
He’s only had 1 good season ever lol. He’s doing us a favour
— CEDES (@cedesparisse) January 10, 2023
This is Bashtuy 2.0 story
— Ronny Soto (@lern1079) January 10, 2023
Here we go again, waste 3 weeks on this end up with nobody. Why are we so bad at identifying the right players!?
— DeadTired (@Tired16604834) January 10, 2023
Not worth it. If he doesn’t want to come don’t force him. Should go all out for Moffi or go for Brereton Diaz
— West Ham Hour #CarrickIn (@westhamhour) January 10, 2023
Steer well clear don’t want players who don’t want to be here
— Alex Boyce ⚒ (@aboyc3y) January 10, 2023
Don't want him anyway bang average player
— steve hill (@steve5705) January 11, 2023
As some fans have also pointed out, En-Nesyri has very much been a one-season wonder up until now. He bagged 24 goals in all competitions during the 2020/21 campaign but he has struggled to score since then.
The 25-year-old has failed to find the back of the net in La Liga so far this season, and you do feel that there was a good chance of him being a flop if he had agreed a move to England.
