Former Hammer joins Kilmarnock

FaubertFormer Hammer Julien Faubert has signed for Kilmarnock for the remainder of the season.

The 32-year-old  joined the Rugby Park team on trial this week after  being rejected Premiership rivals St Johnstone.

He has been without a club since ending his second stint with Bordeaux last summer.

“The manager has just arrived and he has taken a chance by signing me so I want to show him and the club what I can do,” said Faubert.“I can break my neck for this kind of manager because he has taken a risk. The best thing I can do is repay him on the pitch.”

Explaining Faubert’s departure from McDiarmid Park on Tuesday, St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright told BBC Scotland: “We just felt match fitness was something that we couldn’t wait for.”

Faubert signed for the Hammers for £6.1m in 2007 on a five year contract amid big expectations, but could score only two league goals during 103 appearances.

He was famously loaned to Real Madrid for a loan fee thought to £1.5m plus wages while a Hammer, where he was snapped sleeping on the subs bench. His loan spell finished with only two appearances.

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter