Julien Faubert walks out on West Ham's ahead of defeat to Birmingham

Walking away: Faubert stormed out of Upton ParkWest Ham defender Julien Faubert has rocked the club's fight for Premier League survival after walking out of Upton Park ahead of the Hammers 1-0 home defeat against Birmingham.Faubert, was a late inclusion in Avram Grant's squad after fellow defender James Tomkins pulled out with a calf injury in the pre-match preparations.However after learning he had failed to make the starting line-up, the full-back stormed out of Upton Park leaving the Hammers with just six substitutes instead of the usual seven spots.A West Ham insider told The Sun:'It's unbelievable. The whole club is shocked by it.''Julien turned up as normal before kick-off only to be told he was not in the squad.'But without telling anyone he must have just gone home.'When someone finally got hold of him on the phone, he refused to come back.'The Frenchman is expected to be docked two weeks' wages by boss Grant who is expected to leave Faubert to rot in the reserves.With Faubert missing, Grant watched his side suffer a slender one-nil defeat after Nikola Zigic headed a 65th minute winner for the visitors to lift Alex McLeish's side out of the bottom-three, whilst West Ham remain rooted to the foot of the table.  West Ham 0 Birmingham 1: Zigic puts Grant back in the firing lineMcCarthy was branded too fat. and then slimming made him too slow East End idol Noble still loves blowing bubbles for West Ham  Explore more:People: James Tomkins, Alex McLeish Places: Birmingham

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