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Fulop likely to leave England

Image: Marton Fulop: Planning to head for pastures new after eight years in England

Marton Fulop admits he will be severing ties with West Brom this summer, with it his desire to take on a new challenge.

Baggies keeper looking to drop back into the free agent pool

Marton Fulop admits he will be severing ties with West Brom this summer, with it his desire to take on a new challenge. The Hungarian goalkeeper only linked up with the Baggies in 2011, but he has no intention of spending more than one season at The Hawthorns. The short-term contract he penned upon his arrival is coming to an end and the 29-year-old plans to head for pastures new once he drops back into the free agent pool. The former Sunderland and Ipswich shot-stopper has hinted that he will look to secure a move away from England, with a fresh start required following a difficult 12 months in the Midlands. "It has been my worst season so I will surely leave," Fulop told Nemzeti Sport. "I have been in England eight years and I think it's time for a change. "My plan is to go to a team where I can be the first-choice goalkeeper, but at the moment I can't say where I might go."

Mistakes

Fulop made just one Premier League appearance for West Brom, on the final day of the season against Arsenal, and admits that outing saw him put in a nightmare display in a 3-2 defeat. "I can be blamed for all three goals," he said. "I am aware of my ability and I think I made a mistake with the second goal too. My errors for the first and third goals were atrocious." On a campaign disrupted by illness and injury, he added: "I had only been training for three or four weeks and I hadn't played a game in eight months. I had only played in two League Cup games so I wasn't ready for the big moments in a game. "But I don't want to look for excuses. It's clear to me that I can be blamed for the defeat."