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West Ham sign Whitehead

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West Ham confirmed the capture of Stockport County youngster Danny Whitehead for an undisclosed fee.

The 19-year-old attacking midfielder has signed a two-year deal with an option for a third after successfully completing a trial at the end of last season.

A delighted Whitehead told whufc.com: “I’m very excited to have joined West Ham and I can’t wait to get out there and play.

“It’s obviously a great step up, but I’ve got to take my opportunity and grasp it. I was on trial here at the end of last season and all the lads helped me fit in well during the two weeks of training I did.

“I’ve got a bit of experience from playing for the first-team at Stockport – I’ll probably be with the Under-21s here at the start, and then I’ll be trying to push towards the first-team.”

Manager Sam Allardyce revealed that he was made aware of Whitehead’s talent by former Liverpool midfielder and Stockport manager Didi Hamann, and that the Manchester-born youngster could well be a talent worthy of Premier League football soon.

He said: “He was recommended by Didi Hamann as he felt he was an emerging talent that needed nurturing.

“I asked their current manager Ian Bogie about his talents and he allowed us to take a look at him last season and, like every young player, he’s got talent.

“He’s very capable of handling the ball and he’s able to create with his passing. Can we create that potential into a Premier League player? It’s something we’ll find out over the coming years through our Academy system and we’ll see if he can join the long list of players that have come through.”

Whitehead made 43 first-team appearances in the Blue Square Bet Premier for Stockport County. He will join up with the team for the start of pre-season training on 1 July.

Hammers and Alpari share global ambition

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Alpari, Adidas and West Ham have agreed to new sponsorship deals

Alpari has reiterated its pride at being the club’s new shirt sponsor and believes the mutli-million pound, three-year deal underlines the global ambitions of both parties as the club enters a new era.

The sponsorship deal, which extends Aplari’s involvement with the club from a stadium brand and naming rights partner to main shirt sponsor, allows West Ham to be exposed to Alpari’s growing markets across more than 20 countries, while the forex broker is able to reach out to the Premier League’s ever expanding audience that already reaches over 700 million households worldwide.

With the club preparing to move in to the Olympic Stadium in 2016, the recent club-record signing of England striker Andy Carroll and the new sponsorship and manufacturing deals with Alpari and adidas, the club is entering an exciting new era in the its long history, which compliments the ambition shared by Alpari and its plans to expand its global audience.

Alpari’s CMO, David Hodge, said at today’s adidas shirt launch: “Alpari and West Ham United are two brands both proudly rooted in the City of London but with a shared ambition.

“Including the Alpari name on such an iconic football strip will help forez trading to a growing international audience.”

West Ham’s vice-chairman, Karen Brady, said: “We are delighted to be wearing adidas once again and we will be proud to bear the logo of our new principle sponsor, Alpari FX trading, which adds a stylish touch to the new shirt.

“I believe the new kit marks the start of an exciting era at the club as we continue our preparations to move in to the iconic Olympic Stadium in 2016.

“With the announcement of a club-record deal to sign Andy Carroll and more transfers in the pipeline, I’m sure West Ham fans all over the world are eagerly looking forward to the start of the 2013/2014 season.”

For more information about Alpari and FX trading visit: www.alpari.co.uk

You can pre-order the new adidas kit shirt at www.whufc.com.

Hammers launch adidas home strip

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West Ham's new adidas kit

West Ham have today unveiled the new adidas home kit ahead of the 2013/2014 Premier League season.

Adidas, who last manufactured West Ham’s kits in 1985/1986, have agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with the Hammers and have designed a shirt that most Hammers fans have been raving about since images of it was leaked on Twitter a few weeks ago.

The shirt features performance fabrics ClimaCool and ClimaLite technology and 3D fabrics that improve air flow to the skin.

Mark Noble, who has been pictured wearing the new strip with team mates Mohamed Diame, Kevin Nolan, Winston Reid, Andy Carroll and Matt Jarvis, told whufc.com: “It’s top gear, the lads are buzzing about the style and we’re looking forward to wearing it.

“It’s exciting for us all as well to get a new kit. When you come back in pre-season and all the kit’s laid out, with brand new pitches and brand new boot – that’s an exciting time for us.

“To walk out on the pitch and feel good in what you’re wearing helps with your feel for the game.”

You can pre-order the new home shirt via whufc.com’s online store. Click here to pre-order now.

The club have also confirmed that all official Hammers merchandise will only be available either via their online store or from one of their official club stores in Romford, Lakeside or the Stadium.

Big Sam wants Upton Park fortress

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Sam Allardyce has admitted he wants to make sure Upton Park remains a difficult place to come for visiting sides in the Premier League next season.

The Hammers lost only four games at home in the Premier League last season, all of which were against teams that finished in the top-six, and pulled off battling results against Chelsea (3-1) and Manchester United (2-2) and Manchester City (0-0).

And Allardyce wants his side to get off to a great start against newly promoted Cardiff City on the opening day of the 2013/2014 season in order to send out a warning to the other top-flight sides, while also admitted he is looking for revenge against the side that beat him 1-0 at Upton Park on his first competitive match in charge of the Irons.

He told whufc.com: “I’m pleased that at least we are playing them at home and not away. It casts my mind back to the start of my career at West Ham and a 1-0 defeat to them in my first game and I want to make sure we don’t repeat that.

“The other games will be about us maintaining our home form and making people aware that when they come to West Ham they will be in for a tough afternoon because we play attacking football against the opposition and create chances.”

Big Sam also revealed that he will be challenging his players to achieve the same good start as they did last season.

“It will be important to challenge the players to try and achieve the same amount – 14 points from our first eight games – as they did last season,” he said.

He also admitted that he, Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan will be looking to get one over their former club Newcastle United when they go there for their first away game of the campaign.

“One thing we must do is ensure our away form improves,” Allardyce stressed.

“Our first away game is Newcastle United. Myself, Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan are all ex-Newcastle and it will spur us on to get the first away points on the board as we did last year.”

You can see the full list of next season’s fixtures here.

Carroll signs permanent deal

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Andy Carroll is a Hammer.

Andy Carroll has ended weeks of speculation by finally putting pen-to-paper on a six-year deal at Upton Park, the club have confirmed.

West Ham had a £15million offer accepted by Liverpool last month but were made to wait for Carroll to return from him pre-season holiday for a decision on whether he was happy to remain in East London. The deal is also thought to include around £5million in add-ons should the Hammers win some silverware or achieve European football.

The 24-year-old returned from his holiday in the States earlier this week and underwent a medical on Tuesday night before signing his contract, which is thought to be worth around £80,000-a-week.

Carroll, who will wear the No.9 shirt next season, told whufc.com: It’s fantastic for me to be here. I really enjoyed last season, and that shows in me coming back and making it permanent.

“The fans, the lads and the Club itself has been great to me, and what I wanted to do was come back here and play football. Since the end of the season I’ve had a lot of time to think, I’ve missed it and that’s why I’m back. Getting promoted the season before last, then finishing where we did, we did great and it can only get better for us.

“The way the club is being run, obviously getting the new stadium and everything like that, it’s only going up.”

The England striker scored seven goals in 24 Premier League appearances while on a season-long loan spell last season and his fantastic work ethic and enthusiasm won the hearts of the Hammers faithful.

Manager Sam Allardyce and co-owner David Gold had both made it no secret that signing Andy Carroll was their biggest priority this summer as they begin preparing for their move to the Olympic Stadium and another season in the Premier League.

A source close to SportsDirectNews.com also said before Carroll’s signing was officially announced: “It’s a fantastic moment in the club’s history – we are moving forward and have no intentions of being the poor relation of London Premier League football.

“We intend to become as big as Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal and will achieve it as we move on towards the Olympic Stadium.”

As expected, the club announced Carroll’s permanent arrival with him proudly wearing the club’s new Adidas home shirt, which wasn’t scheduled to be revealed until tomorrow.

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