Vladimir Coufal has admitted that he was left frustrated by West Ham United’s refusal to let him join Fulham earlier this year.
[Dnes Prague](https://www.idnes.cz/) have an interview with the West Ham defender today as he gets set to leave the club next month.
The full back is set to bring an end to a five-year stay with the Hammers as they’ve decided not to renew his contract, which expires next month.
He’s yet to decide where he’s going next, although the 33-year-old has been linked with a move to Everton, where former manager David Moyes, who was a big fan of his at West Ham, is now in charge.
Coufal is not too concerned at the minute, focusing on the international break with the Czech Republic before turning his attention to club football again.
_“I’m calm, I’m fine, that’s football life,”_ he said.
_“After the meeting, I’ll take a vacation and start preparing for the new season, as if I were under contract._
_“It (his goodbye to West Ham) was emotionally tense and demanding. I would compare it to not wanting to leave the girl you love, but she wants to leave you.”_
That goodbye could have come sooner as Fulham were keen to sign the full-back in the January transfer window.
Coufal was also keen on the move given it would have allowed him to stay in London and secured him a new contract at a new club, rather than being in the situation he currently finds himself in.
West Ham eventually blocked the move as an agreement with Fulham wasn’t reached, something which Coufal ‘found hard to bear’ at the time, but insists he’s now moved on from.
_“That’s part of football. They said they wouldn’t let me leave and I’ve already moved on,”_ he added.
If Fulham don’t return for him this summer when he does depart West Ham, then a move to sunnier climates could be an idea instead.
_“There are preferences, it would be ideal to stay in England, but there are other options. I would like Spain, where it’s warm,”_ he concluded.