Former West Ham United winger Julien Faubert has opened up on his surprise loan transfer to Real Madrid and the reception he got on his return from the Spanish capital in east London.
The Frenchman joined the Hammers from Bordeaux in the summer of 2007 for £4.3million but just over 18 months after Faubert’s arrival, where he had played just 32 times in all competitions after a stop start introduction to his West Ham career following injury, Faubert was the surprise transfer target of Spanish giants Real Madrid, just months before they broke the world transfer record twice in a matter of days to sign Kaka from AC Milan and Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.
Faubert’s move went down as one of the most surprising transfer switches in football history, with the Frenchman only making two La Liga appearances for the Spanish giants prior to moving back to Upton Park.
