PRAGUE, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Czech goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka has been loaned by Ukrainian first division side Shakhtar Donetsk to West Ham for a season, the CTK news agency reported on Monday.

Lastuvka, 26, will cover for Robert Green at the Premier League club.

Lastuvka, who previously played for English side Fulham, had also been targeted by Czech sides Sparta Prague and Banik Ostrava and Austrian outfit Salzburg, CTK reported.