Alphonse Areola still believes that West Ham can achieve European football again and that conceding so many goals lately has not knocked his confidence.
It is fair to say that West Ham have not enjoyed 2024 in the slightest. David Moyes’ side are still without a win and they’ve conceded 9 goals in their last 2 games.
Despite this, first-choice goalkeeper Alphonse Areola has continued to pull off some impressive saves and it is hard to blame him for any of Arsenal’s 6 goals last weekend. He was understandably frustrated with the result, but believes that the Hammers can still finish in a European spot. “Obviously, it was a tough day and a day to forget, but we have to move forward. We learned a lot from that game and now we have to be focused on the next game,” he told WHUFC.com.
“We are looking forward to the European competitions again [as the UEFA Europa League returns] and in the Premier League we’ve kept going and are trying to pick up as many points as we can so we can qualify again next season. When I signed for the Club, the first words were that ‘We want to be a European team’ and since then we’ve played in Europe every year so hopefully, we can achieve that objective again.”
West Ham are extremely fortunate to have two top quality goalkeepers in the Frenchman and Lukasz Fabianski. Areola claims that the relationship between them, as well as youngster Joseph Anang, pushes each other to be the best that they possibly can be,
