Despite him being on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, it remains to be seen whether Alphonse Aréola will be the long-term successor to Lukasz Fabianski at West Ham United.
Mostly playing in cups for the Hammers, the Frenchman has impressed when called upon, and yet his future at the club is still a bit of a mystery.
We’ll have to see if West Ham decide to trigger the option to buy initially agreed in the deal with the Ligue 1 leaders, but he isn’t the only goalkeeper David Moyes is looking at.
According to Corriere Fiorentino, the Premier League side are also keeping an eye on Bartlomiej Dragowski, Fabianski’s compatriot, currently contracted to Fiorentina in Italy.
The newspaper explain the Serie A side ‘will evaluate the various offers in light of the single year of contract’, before naming West Ham as one of the clubs showing an interest of late.
There’s no denying that Dragowski is the younger and more long-term option over Aréola, who is 29, and yet their footballing experience at first-team level isn’t that different.
The Frenchman boasts 219 appearances over his career, while the Pole, despite being five years younger, totals 159.
It’s certainly something to think about when money is being spent, and we’ll have to wait and see who West Ham plump for in the summer, with the Poland international likely to be the cheaper of the two.
