da brdice： Joe Hart’s arrival at the London Stadium has inevitably raised questions over the futures of West Ham’s permanent goalkeeping options Adrian and Darren Randolph, who were both dropped by Slaven Bilic for periods last season.

da supremo： Accordingly, the Spain international has been linked with a move to Newcastle United, with south Londoners Crystal Palace also said to be interested.

The Magpies, however, already have a number of decent goalkeepers in their ranks – namely Rob Elliot, Tim Krul and Karl Darlow. The latter was in particularly impressive form last season, keeping 13 clean sheets in the Championship.

With that in mind, we asked Newcastle supporters earlier this week whether they’d prefer to see Darlow or Adrian between the sticks at St. James’ Park next season and according to our poll, the majority think the English shot-stopper deserves to keep his place.

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Indeed, Darlow ended up claiming 65% of the overall vote – suggesting most Newcastle fans belief a deal for Adrian won’t improve Rafa Benitez’s starting XI.