Fornals ‘pleased’ to play with West Ham new signing Aguerd
West Ham midfielder Pablo Fornals is extremely pleased to be playing alongside new signing Nayef Aguerd.
The Morocco international completed a £30 million worth move to the London Stadium from Rennes a few weeks ago.
The Spain international was quoted by the West Ham website where he talked highly of his new teammate.
“I met him when I was 16 and we still keep in touch, so that means it’s because both of us are people who try to be around honest people, and this guy is,” said Fornals.
“I think Málaga made a big mistake not giving a chance to him, but look at the career he has made in football and a club like West Ham is bringing him in.
“I am really pleased to be playing with this guy again because when I first met him I saw good things from him. We have since gone on our own career paths, but I’m really happy that our lives and careers connect us again,”.
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West Ham are preparing for their second successive season in Europe as they are set to play in the UEFA Europa Conference League next season.
However, it is important that unlike their experience in the Europa League, they have those players that match their urgency with quality.
In the Europa League, there were many players in the team who just didn’t have the quality to make a difference which is why they came second-best in the semi-finals against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Aguerd, in that regard, will definitely be an upgrade on some of those players as he brings a lot of quality to the squad as well as to the playing XI.
In the 2021-22 Ligue 1 season, the 26-year-old played 31 games in the league competition, scoring two goals and accumulating only four yellow cards [Whoscored].
He averaged 0.9 tackles, 0.8 interceptions and 4 clearances per game in the French League which are impressive numbers, to say the least.