According to Paul Brown, Lukasz Fabianski is planning to quit West Ham in the “next couple of windows” because he is “not happy” about not starting.
According to the former Daily Star journalist, the Polish goalkeeper’s recent comments to Canal+ (14 August) over losing the number one spot to Alphonse Areola won’t “have gone down too well” at the club, and a move is likely to happen sooner rather than later.
Fabianski, 38, claimed he should have been treated better and branded the decision to drop him to the back up position “a massive shock” and “weird”; David Moyes responded by saying he had made the choice and handled it as best he could [Evening Standard, 18 August].
According to Brown, Fabianski has recently been speaking with a lot of displeasure. That probably didn’t go over so well at West Ham.
“The manager was recently questioned about it and gave a response. From his perspective, Fabianski is unhappy that he is no longer in first place. He wants to be in a place where he is the star, in my opinion. Through the course of the season, that scenario will need to find a solution.
“Moyes has made it plain that Areola will be his long-term plan, and he has chosen that course of action. Therefore, it will be challenging for Fabianski to reenter.
“That all suggests that Fabianski might move in the upcoming transfer windows because I don’t think he will be content just to sit on the bench all season,” the author said.
Unrealistic
It goes without saying that no player will be ecstatic to lose their position, but Fabianski must have anticipated this when West Ham agreed to sign Areola on a long-term basis a year ago.
The former PSG and Real Madrid player may have been frustrated that he did not win the starting role right away, and if he had remained in that position this season, he undoubtedly would have been looking to move on as well.
Although Fabianski has played an incredible role in West Ham’s recent history, at his age the period when he was
It seems logical that Areola, 30, would be the one to go with if Moyes is going to remain with one and let the other go because he should have years longer as the Irons’ starting quarterback ahead of him.
Since the management has rotated goalies between league and cup tournaments in recent years, there is definitely a case for Fabianski to continue and merely flip duties. The Frenchman has done nothing thus far this season to suggest he will lose the job.
But it’s clear that he hasn’t taken the transition well, and there might have been a communication breakdown behind the scenes, so if he still thinks he can start anywhere, it probably won’t be here.
