Mike Southey

Sun 1 May 2022 10:00, UK

ExWHUemployee has shared that West Ham United have agreed no deal with a new goalkeeper despite that being suggested this week.

Tony Cottee dropped a transfer bomb this week insisting that the Irons had agreed a deal with an English goalkeeper which would be announced soon.

Ex namedropped both Nick Pope and Sam Johnstone, and while admitting there is interest in both, nothing has been agreed.

Writing on the West Ham Way Patreon page, Ex shared the latest after Cottee appeared to let the news slip.

“Former player and friend of The West Ham Way, Tony Cottee apparently let slip that he believed Areola will be released and that we have already signed an English keeper to replace him, whilst being interviewed for a betting show,” he wrote.

“We have checked this out and whilst we think the club does have some interesting in Sam Johnstone of WBA and Nick Pope of Burnley no deal has been agreed.”

Nothing yet.

As things stand, it looks as though anything could happen in the goalkeeping department over the summer.

Lukasz Fabianski is expected to sign a new contract to keep him at the London Stadium beyond this season.

Then Alphonse Areola is next, could he stay permanently after this loan spell? It would take big wages and a fee to Paris Saint-Germain.

Should that not happen, Johnstone would be free given that he will leave West Brom at the end of the season.

It would take a massive fee for Pope too should Burnley survive the relegation drop, something which looks more likely right now.

We could get to a stage where Moyes is happy to keep Areola and Fabianksi and nothing changes beyond this season.

There is still time for that to change, and Johnstone will likely be next in line whatever Cottee has said that may differ.

In other West Ham United news, ExWHUemployee has detailed an Irons’ scouting mission on Friday with one player named

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