Pablo Fornals is valued at £31m by Villarreal

West Ham are close to signing Villarreal midfielder Pablo Fornals for £25m.

The La Liga side are asking for £31m for the 23-year-old, who scored five goals and provided three assists in all competitions last season.

Fornals, who was first targeted by Manuel Pellegrini in January, has been capped twice by Spain, and moved to Villarreal from Malaga in 2017.

Should Fornals complete the move to the Premier League club he will be competing with attacking midfielders Manuel Lanzini, Jack Wilshere and Felipe Anderson.

Pablo Fornals is valued at £31m by Villarreal

West Ham are understood to be working on five to six midfield targets this summer and expect to have made progress on signings within seven to 10 days.

Follow the Summer Transfer Window on Sky Sports

As well as keeping an eye on Sky Sports News, make sure you don't miss a thing with our dedicated Transfer Centre blog.

There's also the return of the Transfer Talk Podcast, the daily UK, Regional and European Paper Talk, plus features across SkySports.com and the Sky Sports App.