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When West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is told he is the second oldest player to have appeared in the Premier League this season, the 38-year-old excitedly interrupts the question before it can be finished.

“Who’s the oldest then?! Who’s older than me?” he laughs, in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports.

But giving him the answer immediately seems too easy, so a guessing game ensues.

Let me think,” he says. Fabianski is then given his first clue – it is an outfielder.

“Is it (James) Milner?” he responds. A great guess from Fabianski, but the Liverpool midfielder is eight months younger than him, so the quizzing continues.

Told he is a Brazilian, Fabianski remains stumped. “Oh, I don’t know,” he says.

Then told he plays for Chelsea, Fabianski, without any hesitation, answers correctly: “Ah, Thiago Silva!”

The 38-year-old centre-back is nearly seven months older than Fabianski, who turned 38 just two weeks ago.

With the quiz now over, it is time to finish the original question: how important will Fabianski’s know-how be in West Ham’s relegation battle?

“Having this huge experience in English football,” he says, “especially in the Premier League, and being in tricky moments as well with West Ham and with Swansea (he was relegated with them in 2018), I think this experience actually helps me to deal with the present situation in a good way.

“When we have some sort of conversation about the situation, or when I hear some conversations of players then I’ll try to step in a little bit and just share my experience.”

Saturday’s 4-3 defeat at Crystal Palace followed by Monday night’s 2-2 draw between fellow strugglers Leicester and Everton has left West Ham just four points above the drop zone with five games remaining.