West Ham United have been linked with AntonionSanabria.
Real Betis vice-president Jose Miguel Lopez Catalan has told reporters that reported West Ham United target Tonny Sanabria will remain at the club this summer, Spanish publication AS report.
The Paraguay international has attracted the interest of several clubs this summer following his terrific campaign in La Liga last term as the Andalusian club finished sixth in the table.
ABC de Sevilla claim West Ham are pursuing a £22 million move for the player, yet Betis appear adamant they will manage to fend off interest for their prized asset with Lopez Catalan making his feelings known.
“Sanabria stays. He won’t go to another team. We are sure about that,” he told reporters.
West Ham weren’t the only Premier League club supposedly interested in the player, as ABC de Sevilla also state another English top-flight club are keen on signing the 22-year-old striker.
Sanabria has had an interesting career having come through the Barcelona youth ranks, later having a brief spell at Italian side Roma before returning to Spain with Sporting Gijon and now Betis all before his 21st birthday.
Having joined Betis in the summer of 2016, he has since established himself as one of the most promising forwards in Spain netting eight goals in 17 top-flight appearances last term.
West Ham have already bolstered their attacking ranks this summer with the additions of Felipe Anderson and Andriy Yarmolenko, but it seems boss Manuel Pellegrini still has his eye on a predominant centre-forward.
Sanabria would have been a decent long-term option, but Betis evidently aren’t in a hurry to sell off their prized assets and it may take a much higher bid for the Spanish club to consider letting him leave.
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