Faubert not Real deal for Predrag

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Faubert is one of eight players who have departed Upton Park during the January transfer window but manager Gianfranco Zola will be happy that only one, Craig Bellamy, was a big-name player.

Faubert's late move to the Bernabeu was a surprise and it has now emerged that the club's sporting director, former Yugoslav international Predrag Mijatovic, is fuming at the temporary deal.

Mijatovic believes that neither Faubert, who never managed to command a regular first-team spot at West Ham, nor Wigan's Antonio Valencia - who has also joined Real - is anywhere near good enough to play for the Spanish giants.

Mijatovic's main quarrel is said to be with Real's technical secretary, Miguel Angel Portugal, who masterminded the deals.

The transfer deadline day ended quietly for West Ham with only Calum Davenport going out on loan to Sunderland.

They were looking possibly at signing South African defender Bryce Moon over from Panathinaikos but a deal was not possible and Upton Park officials insisted they were under no pressure if terms could not be agreed.

Zola will breathe a sigh of relief that the window has now closed and, with the exception of Bellamy, he has been as good as his word and managed to keep all his high-profile players.