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West Ham ace with 195 apps won’t be at London Stadium next season as David Moyes opens talks to sign 28-year-old for £9m 28-yo

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West Ham United’s fourth longest serving current player could well be set to leave the London Stadium in the summer.

Numerous players have come and gone at the London Stadium since West Ham moved to our Stratford home back in 2016.

And after the return of David Moyes in December 2019, we have gone on to another level regarding the calibre of players who’ve joined the club.

The Hammers have laid out massive amounts of money on the likes of Lucas Paqueta and Mohammed Kudus since Moyes’ took over for the second time just over four years ago.

Moyes’ most expensive signings since December 2019

Fee
Lucas Paqueta£51 million
Mohammed Kudus£42 million
Edson Alvarez£34 million
Kurt Zouma£30 million
Nayef Aguerd£30 million
James Ward-Prowse£30 million
Gianluca Scamacca£30 million
Nikola Vlasic£25 million
Said Benrahma£25 million
Jarrod Bowen£22 million
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That is some serious cash right there. However, one of our best signings over the past decade came before Moyes returned to the club.

We signed him for absolute peanuts, relatively speaking, but his days in East London could well now be numbered…

West Ham ace with 195 apps won’t be at London Stadium next season

There could be huge change at the club this summer, with numerous players being linked with an exit.

In addition to that, Moyes’s future at the club is far from certain either. However, today we’re focusing on one of our most experienced players potentially leaving West Ham this summer.

It seems as though his Hammers career may well have reached the end of the road.

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Lukasz Fabianski probably won’t be at the London Stadium next season.

That’s because Moyes is said to be lining up a move to sign RCD Mallorca goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic this summer, according to a report from MaxBet Sport.

In fact, it is suggested that the Hammers are imminently set to enter negotiations with the Spanish side to sign the 28-year-old Serbian.

Lukasz Fabianski and Predrag Rajkovic career stats

GamesGoals concededClean sheets
Lukasz Fabianski494641143
Predrag Rajkovic405379166

From those stats, you can see that Rajkovic is by far the better goalkeeper. Like Fabianski, the Serbia international stands at 6ft 3in tall, and he commands his penalty area with authority.

The Real Mallorca goalkeeper is an exceptional shot-stopper and is far better with his feet than Fabianski is.

The 38-year-old has made 195 appearances for the Hammers (Transfermarkt), and he has been a great servant for us.

Our fourth-longest serving player, behind only Aaron Cresswell, Michail Antonio and Angelo Ogbonna, will be out of contract in the summer.

I really don’t think Fabianski will not be at the London Stadium next summer, especially if West Ham sign Rajkovic.

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