Source: Daily_Mail
Hammers flop Faubert in loan switch to Italian giants Real Madrid
West Ham[LNB]midfielder Julien Faubert has completed his loan move to Real Madrid, the Primera Liga club have confirmed. Faubert passed a medical in the Spanish capital this morning and will be officially presented tomorrow.[LNB]The 25-year-old joins Madrid on loan until the end of the season, with the Spanish club having an option to buy him on a permanent basis. [LNB] Madrid-bound: Julien Faubert desperate to end unhappy spell at Upton Park[LNB] Matthew Etherington: 'Addiction will always be a part of my life'[LNB]Sack the boss? West Ham, Newcastle, Spurs, Portsmouth, Sunderland and Blackburn all changed bosses - but did a change do them good?[LNB]WEST HAM FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB[LNB]Madrid have been searching for a right winger during the transfer window and were linked with the likes of Jermaine Pennant, Aaron Lennon and Antonio Valencia. However, they now seem to have settled for Faubert. [LNB]Chief executive Scott Duxbury told HIS club's website, whufc.com: 'Julien has struggled to get into Gianfranco Zola's team this season - and despite the high hopes we had for him when he joined us 18 months ago, he has not had the best of times.[LNB] "Real Madrid and West Ham United have reached an agreement for the loan of the French player Julien Faubert until the end of this season," read a statement on the club website, www.realmadrid.com.[LNB]"The signed deal establishes a loan move until June 30, the date in which the technical staff of the club will decide if it suits them to exercise a right to buy the player for the next three years.[LNB]"Faubert, who successfully passed the medical this morning, will be presented in the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Monday February 2 at 11 o'clock."[LNB]Faubert joined West Ham in 2007 from Bordeaux but soon suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, which left him on the sidelines for the first half of last season.[LNB]Madrid have been searching for a right winger during the transfer window and were linked with the likes of Jermaine Pennant, Aaron Lennon and Antonio Valencia.[LNB] [LNB]
