Lukasz Fabianski and Adama Traore Set West Ham Exit on Free Transfers — Adama Traore West Ham Departure
Adama Traore West Ham Departure is set after West Ham United said Lukasz Fabianski and Adama Traore will leave the club on free transfers at the end of the season. Neither player has been offered a new deal after relegation from the Premier League, and Fabianski’s exit closes another chapter on a spell that included 216 games and a European trophy.
Traore made 12 appearances after arriving from Fulham in January, but his short stay will end without a new contract. Fabianski, by contrast, first joined West Ham in 2018 and re-signed in September 2025 after being released at the end of last season.
Fabianski’s West Ham run
Fabianski’s 216 appearances make him one of the club’s longest-serving senior figures in the current exit list. He was part of the squad that won the Uefa Europa Conference League in 2023, giving his departure more weight than a routine summer release.
The goalkeeper’s path back into the squad was unusual. West Ham let him go at the end of last season, then brought him back in September 2025, only for that return to end with another free transfer move when the season finishes.
Traore’s short spell
Traore’s exit is more straightforward. He joined from Fulham in January and made 12 appearances before West Ham decided not to offer him a new deal.
That leaves the winger and Fabianski leaving on the same terms, even though their West Ham timelines were very different. One arrived for a brief midseason spell; the other spent years building a record at the club before the relegation reshaped the squad.
West Ham’s wider clear-out
West Ham are also releasing development squad players Michael Forbes, Junior Robinson, Tyron Akpata, Daniel Rigge, David Chigwada and Tom Wooster, along with academy scholar Jonathan Unwin. The departures show how far the club is moving into a reset after relegation.
For supporters, the practical picture is now clear: Fabianski and Traore will not be part of the squad beyond the end of the season, and West Ham have already started thinning the rest of the group behind them. The exit list is broader than two senior names, but those two are the clearest signals of how the post-relegation rebuild is beginning.
