Source: Daily_Mail
Hammers flop Faubert in loan switch to Italian giants Real Madrid
West Hammidfielder 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.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. Madrid-bound: Julien Faubert desperate to end unhappy spell at Upton Park Matthew Etherington: 'Addiction will always be a part of my life'Sack the boss? West Ham, Newcastle, Spurs, Portsmouth, Sunderland and Blackburn all changed bosses - but did a change do them good?WEST HAM FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEBMadrid 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. 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. "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."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."Faubert, who successfully passed the medical this morning, will be presented in the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Monday February 2 at 11 o'clock."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.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.