It has been a season of contrasts for one of West Ham’s less settled centre-backs. Dispatched on loan last August having wanted to leave for much of the season before, thirty – odd games on loan with Real Sociedad and then a season-ending chronic Knee problem cut his season short: A challenging time for Moroccan Nayef Aguerd.
Reported in the last few weeks as apparently not wanting to return to West Ham, having learned Spanish and warmed to life in the Iberian peninsula, Aguerd has been forced to miss the season finale as reported by mundodeportiovo.com, translated by sport witness.co.uk who report:
“Nayef Aguerd is set to return to West Ham United from Real Sociedad this summer, with a ‘poor 2025’ putting an end to permanent transfer ideas.
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[He is ] confirmed absent for the final match. This means that Aguerd has already played his last game as a Sociedad player, which was the derby in Anoeta.”
Having made it clear that he did not want to return to London, Aguerd will have an interesting re-union with former team mates and his new manager: Presumably too he’ll have a reunion with the medical staff as he seeks a cure for his long-standing knee injury – quite possibly brought on from being an ever present in Sociedad’s league and cup games. 36 appearances before his injury forced him to sit out the last few games of the season.
“Sale or return” – more familiar terms of sale for consumer goods, but in this instance it seems that West Ham’s centre-back is heading back in the ‘latter’ category – if not ‘unused and in pristine condition’.