Joe Hart has admitted that he wished to move away permanently from Manchester City.
After being frozen out of City’s first team plans by Pep Guardiola, the 30-year-old Hart moved to the Hammers on loan for the duration of this season.
He has now said of his transfer to West Ham, “The permanent move was going to be difficult. I don’t think there were too many options for me to go on a permanent, if any. That was my ideal situation.
“When you’ve asked me questions I’ve always answered honestly, and ideally I wanted to be signing a permanent deal somewhere so I could set my life up and have a direction.”
The England first choice shot-stopper will be determined to get as much appearances as possible under his belt during the current campaign in order to retain his spot within the England team for the 2018 World Cup.
He could face stiff competition from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford for the England first choice position ahead of the World Cup though.
