Hammer Pablo Fornals says he wants to see out his career at West Ham and retire as a Hammer in East London.
He was interviewed by the Spanish YouTube channel La Media Inglesa,
The Spaniard also revealed how captain Mark Noble played a massive role in convincing Moyes to give him his chance.
“I’m going to thank him all my life” Fornals told La Media Inglesa in Spanish as transcribed by Hammers News.
“The coach had doubts and asked the captain whether to put one or the other. The captain looked me in the eye and said: ‘Put Pablo’…
“Yes, now I am at that point where I am delighted here and I would stay until the end of my career because I am delighted. But I understand that the dressing room also does that, the teammates do it.”
Fornals joined for £25m under Manual Pellegrini from Villareal in 2019. In three appearances this season he has scored two important goals and made one assist but his overall contribution has been far greater and he has cemented his place in the first team and seems unlikely to be dropped anytime soon.
The 25-year-old has three remaining on his five-year contract but appears to be hoping that West Ham will offer him a new long term contract so he can confirm his long term future to the club. Given his age, a new five or six-year contract would not be out of the question for the Hammer.
Pleased to say that I backed Pablo from the very start and never doubted his ability once. But he is a very rare player indeed and for him to thrive whilst being played out of his natural position is unbelievable in itself. For Pablo to want to finish his career with us shows what the supporters think of him.
I do hope that he does remain with us for the rest of his career, as at some point other clubs will come sniffing.