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West Ham have concluded the signing of midfielder Flynn Down from Swansea Town on a 5-12 months offer for an undisclosed fee considered to be £12m.
The 23-12 months-old lifelong Hammers fan has signed a deal that will preserve him at the London Stadium right until the summer time of 2027, with a more a person-year selection.
“It really is a surreal experience to have joined my boyhood club,” Downes stated. “I feel like I am dreaming. It is really been my dream because I was a minor boy to sign up for this club – it can be an absolute privilege. This is my club, so I couldn’t be more delighted.
“I’m glad to be here and I are unable to hold out to get began. I want to be the ideal I can be and this feels like the ideal opportunity to check myself versus the pretty most effective players in the Leading League.
“Gamers have arrive to West Ham from the Championship and progressed to worldwide honours. That’s a little something you won’t be able to ignore. The manager’s track file of bringing gamers through was a big motivation in me signing up for the club. I am so grateful for the chance to be a West Ham participant.”
West Ham supervisor David Moyes extra: “We are delighted to have signed Flynn and searching forward to bringing him into the group.
“We think he is acquired good power. We think he is got a ton of things which we have about our crew, which would want to maintain and want to include to.
“We introduced Jarrod Bowen from a related predicament at Hull, so we are constantly hoping to find boys from the Championship who we feel are likely to stage up to develop into Premier League players. I am hoping that Flynn does. I imagine there is a excellent probability as he is bought an terrible lot of fantastic characteristics.”
Which other positions are West Ham concentrating on?
Sky Sporting activities News’ main reporter Kaveh Solhekol:
David Moyes will be provided money to invest to carry on strengthening his squad, with Mark Noble, Andriy Yarmolenko, Ryan Fredericks and David Martin all leaving at the finish of their contracts.
A single of the sagas of the summer time will be the long run of Declan Rice. West Ham have produced it very clear they will not offer him this summertime but you would feel they would discover it challenging to switch down an present in the area of £100m. Rice has two yrs left on his contract but West Ham have the choice of extending it by a further year to the summer of 2025.
They are also interested in Hull Town ahead Keane Lewis-Potter.
West Ham’s 2022/23 Leading League fixtures: Gentleman Town first up on Super Sunday
West Ham kick off the 2022/23 Leading League time with champions Manchester City checking out the London Stadium, dwell on Sky Sporting activities.
David Moyes’ side drew the corresponding fixture 2-2 in the operate-in to the 2021/22 year, briefly offering Liverpool hope in the race for the title when they took a 2- direct.
West Ham, who eventually completed seventh and certified for the Europa Conference League, adhere to Metropolis with a vacation to freshly-promoted Nottingham Forest right before Brighton, who they have by no means overwhelmed in the Leading League, stop by the London Stadium.
The Hammers facial area Leicester at dwelling on November 12 ahead of the 2022/23 period breaks for the Environment Cup in Qatar and they return to Leading League motion on Boxing Day at the Emirates towards Arsenal.
West Ham’s remaining household activity of the year is versus Leeds on Might 20 right before their marketing campaign closes at Leicester Metropolis on Might 28.
Moyes will locate out who his aspect will deal with in the Europa Meeting League engage in-off spherical (fixtures played on August 18 and 25), when the attract normally takes spot on Tuesday, August 2.
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