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Hammers in the market for a new goalkeeper after Wes Foderingham exit

West Ham are in talks to re-sign 40-year-old goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Fabianski left West Ham over the summer after seven years and 215 appearances for the Hammers.

But West Ham are in the market for a new goalkeeper after Wes Foderingham yesterday left to join Cypriot club Aris Limassol on a permanent deal.

Fabianski now looks set for a shock return to West Ham, where he will provide cover for Alphonse Areola and Mads Hermansen.

Fabianski left West Ham over the summer after seven years and 215 appearances for the Hammers

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The Pole, who won the Hammer of the Year award in 2019 and was a popular figure at the club, will initially come in as third-choice behind Areola and Hermansen.

But there is a lot of uncertainty around the goalkeepers at West Ham, with Areola and Hermansen both struggling form.

West Ham paid £20million to sign Hermansen from Leicester in the summer but the Dane has endured a nightmare start to life at the London Stadium.

Hermansen conceded eight goals in his first two games against Sunderland and Chelsea, and produced a dreadful display in the Chelsea defeat before he was dropped by Graham Potter.

Areola came into the team against Wolves in the Carabao Cup and struggled as the Hammers lost 3-2 at Molineux.

But Hermansen then kept a clean sheet as West Ham secured their first win of the season with a 3-0 victory away at Nottingham Forest.