West Ham United are interested in signing Fulham’s on-loan goalkeeper Alphonse Areola this summer according to ExWHUemployee.
He is currently owned by Paris Saint-Germain and his future is very much up in the air.
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Hammers boss David Moyes may well be keen to bolster his goalkeeping department at the London Stadium over the course of the next 12 months or so.
Lukasz Fabianski is out of contract in the summer of 2022 and is clearly in decline.
The 35-year-old has been a very good player for us over the past three years. The odd mistake is creeping into his game now, however.
West Ham could target a move to sign Alphonse Areola
The 28-year-old Cottagers stopper is a target for the Hammers ahead of the summer transfer window.
The France international joined Fulham on loan from PSG in the summer of 2020. The West London outfit have an option to buy the 28-year-old. With Fulham set for relegation, however, there is no chance Areola will want to join a Championship club (Evening Standard).
Enter West Ham.
ExWHUemployee claimed that the Hammers are keen to sign the Paris Saint-Germain owned stopper in the summer, when speaking on the West Ham Way podcast last night (April 18th):
“We do have an interest in Areola, Fulham’s keeper who’s on loan from Paris Saint-Germain. He’s had a decent season, he’s someone else we might look at.”
Areola has really impressed in the Premier League this season.
The Frenchman is a fine shot-stopper. He is calm and authoritative and is a very good organiser.
Areola could be available for around £20 million this summer (The Sun).
That sounds like a lot of money for someone deemed surplus to requirements by PSG.
Perhaps if West Ham could pick him up for closer to £10-12 million, it would be worth pursing.
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