West Ham United have successfully made their biggest signing so far in the summer, the player being the England No. 1 Joe Hart, who has been sent on loan from Manchester City to play for the Premier League outfit. This has sparked speculations about the current goalkeeper of the Hammers, Adrian, of leaving the London Stadium this summer.
The Spaniard has been an integral part of the West Ham line-up for the past few seasons since he joined in 2013 from the Spanish club Real Betis. He has played 123 matches so far for the Hammers and has a good record for them beneath the crossbar.
It goes without saying that the 30-year-old is set to go down the pecking order with the arrival of the English international at the London Stadium. Hart also spent the last season on loan, having fallen out of favour under the new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, as he was sent to the Italian Serie A to play for Torino.
Now that the Spanish goalkeeper is set to leave in the summer, a number of clubs are showing interest to add him to their squad for the next term. Among them, Crystal Palace look to be in pole position to bag the 30-year-old shot stopper in the summer transfer market.
The Spaniard has good ball handling capabilities and is also equipped with a sense of marshalling the team standing tall between the sticks for his team. He has a very cool head and can make quick decisions to keep the opposition strikers at bay. He can assess set piece situations well and is a reliable entity in the goal for the club.
It is crucial for Crystal Palace to have an assured pair of gloves in their goal for the next season, as their first choice shot stopper from the last season, Steve Mandanda, has already left the club last week. Reportedly, the French goalkeeper made a move back to his former club Marseille in the French Ligue 1 to play for them in the forthcoming term.
The situation being critical for the Eagles to get someone experienced and capable enough to stand beneath the crossbar for them in the next season, it seems the Spanish goalkeeper Adrian can perfectly fit the bill for the new Palace manager Frank De Boer, who has been appointed to replace Sam Allardyce, as the Englishman left the charge of the head coach of the Eagles at the end of the last season.
