West Ham have closed the signing of Borussia Dortmund striker Niclas Fullkrug.
The striker has signed a four-year deal and is expected to be worth around £27. 5m.
The Hammers tried to sign Fullkrug last summer from Werder Bremen, but the 31-year-old moved to Dortmund, where he scored 15 goals in 43 appearances, adding 3 in the Champions League as the Bundesliga side reached the final.
“I’m very happy to be here and I can’t wait to get out on the field with my new teammates,” Fullkrug said on the club’s website.
“I think the Premier League is the most productive league in the world and for me it’s the right time to move to England and play for a big club like West Ham.
“I’ve been thinking about West Ham for a long time. I know manager Tim Steidten very well, because we have a history of combination at Werder Bremen, and I’ve seen some of the games and noticed the quality of the team. team.
“The possibility of playing with the head coach [Julen Lopetegui] is also very exciting. His taste in the game is mine and I am convinced that with him I can give my best and score many goals.
“I love being around the fans and I’m looking forward to meeting the West Ham fans. At this moment it has given me a good feeling: I am strong, I have compatibility and I am healthy, and I just have to leave. “. and start betting on them. “
Germany becomes West Ham’s fifth signing in the summer after the arrivals of defender Max Kilman, winger Luis Guilherme, Wes Foderingham and Crysencio Summerville.
Meanwhile, optimism is developing that West Ham can also reach a deal with Manchester United for right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka and the club are in complex talks to sign Argentine midfielder Guido Rodríguez, who is a free agent. after leaving Real Betis this summer. Training
Adam Bate of Sky Sports:
“At 31 years old, Niclas Fullkrug’s adventure in the Premier League has been a long time coming, but he is capable of temporarily becoming a fan favourite. West Ham’s bet on the Borussia Dortmund striker will bring a German cult hero to English football.
“Since becoming the oldest German debutant in a generation in 2022, he has scored thirteen goals for his country, most of them as a substitute. It is a plan B already so proven and reliable that it would be more accurate to call it that”. it is the plan.
“He conquered a nation. Now he hopes to do the same at West Ham. They love mercurial in East London, but there’s also a love for the workaholic, the guy who seems to have taken the super soldier serum and strutted straight from the stands onto the pitch.
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