According to The Athletic, West Ham are monitoring Slavia Prague goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar as they look for Lukasz Fabianski’s heir.
The Athletic state that the Czech Republic international, a former teammate of Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal, is being considered as a younger option.
Fabianski has excelled for the Hammers since arriving from Swansea.
However, the Polish shot-stopper turns 36 in April, while Darren Randolph and David Martin are 33 and 34 respectively.
Kolar has kept an impressive nine clean sheets in 13 appearances this season in the Fortuna Liga.
The 26-year-old also kept a clean sheet against Barcelona inside the Camp Nou in November 2019, when Slavia Prague faced the Spanish giants in the Champions League.
After his display, Germany international Marc-Andre ter Stegen – who cost Barcelona €12 million (£10.7 million) – praised his performance.
As quoted by iDNES.cz, Kolar said of ter Stegen: ‘He stopped me and said he hadn’t seen such a good goalkeeping performance for a long time and that it was a pleasure to watch me play well with my feet.’
The glovesman is untested in the Premier League.
However, Coufal and Soucek have proved that the transition from the Czech Republic top-flight to the Premier League can be a successful switch.
The Czech duo have performed admirably in England, which bodes well for Kolar’s hopes of becoming a success in east London.
That is, of course, if a move to the London Stadium materialises.
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