Pellegrini/Husillos wanted Roberto as No 1

Manuel Pellegrini and Mario Husillos identified the stunningly poor Roberto as their chosen goalkeeping option ahead of the Hammers board moving for Lukasz Fabianski!

The manager and his director of football had agreed that at between £3m – £4 million he would be their chosen  No 1 stopper when arriving at the club.

But negotiations for Fab were already well in process at £7 million and the board decided that he would be the better option.

The situation was outlined by ExWHUFCemployee on his radio show and has since been confirmed to CandH by a top club source on e mail.

We were told: “They wanted to buy him a year earlier for £3-£4m but we bought Fabianski instead for more as we thought he was a far better option for more as we thought he was better.”

Now, with the situation collapsing around them there’s every possibility that No 3 David Martin could be called up for the match against Spurs.

Unbelievable seems to be the only suitable word.