Over the past couple of days, we’ve seen reports from the English media claiming West Ham United were interested in making Alphonse Aréola’s loan from Paris Saint-Germain permanent.
The France international arrived from the Ligue 1 side for the season to act as backup and worthy competition for veteran goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, with the deal including an option to buy at €12m.
When called upon, the West Ham loanee has performed, and was key to the Hammers reaching the Europa League semi-finals, playing 17 cup games throughout the course of the campaign.
That’s why West Ham signing him permanently makes some sense, but RMC Sport in France are trying to slow things down a bit.
The French outlet took to their website on Thursday to say that ‘nothing has been finalised’ just yet, despite the optimism shown by the English media.
