Former Hammer tells why he walked out

Liverpool stopper Adrian – still sounds strange doesn’t it – has spoken out about his last days at the Hammers insisting that his was on his own decision to leave the club.

After making 11 appearances this season so far for the Reds – more than double he managed at West Ham last season – he has probably achieved far more at Anfield than he could ever have imagined.

There was clearly little chance for him to take over at any stage from Lukasz Fabianski but to get what was a near dream move to Anfield is a reward for the uncomplaining loyalty he has show at Upton park and the London Stadium loyalty

Relegated at times behind Darren Randolph and the entirely often inept  Joe Hart were almost the final nails in his Hammers coffin but the arrival of the Polish international  meant that there was no way forward for the Spaniard in the east end.

And in an interview to Spanish press agency EFE, and quoted by Mundo Deportivo he is reported as saying: “It was my decision. I had a renewal offer on the table, but after six seasons there, doing well and being the starter in practically all of them, the last season that was quite complicated and no agreement was reached contractually.

Well, I made the decision to terminate the contract, take a step to the side and I did not care if I was to to return to the Spanish league or try another major European league. I had finished that journey in West Ham.”

Adrian was asked if last season – when failing to make a single PL appearance –  was the worst period of his career so far.

He said: “Well, there have been hard times, like when I injured my knee. They are moments in which you have to manage the personality. 

“I knew it was going to be a complicated season, because at the beginning that agreement was not reached. The mister gave Łukasz the option to start the league, made it formidable and he played the 38 games. 

I only had the opportunity of cups, where we didn’t get very far either. I played five games,  it was quite hard. I had never experienced such a situation in West Ham, but they are things that happen in football. I had the decision on my side to continue or not.”