West Ham United completed their fifth signing of the summer yesterday.
Sead Haksabanovic joins West Ham on a five year deal after an undisclosed fee was agreed for his services.
According to reports by ESPN yesterday, West Ham have paidΒ β¬3m for the 18-year-old.
The Irons have beaten off competition from the Premier League elite to snap up this starlet.
Predominantly an attacking midfielder, Haksabanovic also plays on the wing or deeper in midfield and he has scored five goals in 22 games for Halmstads BK this season.
The once-capped Montenegro international has already played seventy senior games for Halmstads BK, who compete in the top division in Sweden.
There was a mixed reaction to this news on Twitter.
Some fans were excited by the potential that his talented teenager possesses while others moaned that it was not the immediate fix that West Ham needed.
Here are a selection of responses after West Ham’s official Twitter page unveiled Sead Haksabanovic as a Hammer.
https://twitter.com/Basic_Benni/status/894651753609781250
Signed, Sead, delivered.
— Paul (@PaulLuckhurst) August 7, 2017
It's sad to hear so many WH supporters getting upset about the signing of an 18 year old talent.
— Johan HindgΓ₯rd (@Hinken1975) August 7, 2017
Welcome β
— πππ¬π πππ¦ πππ©π¨π«π (@_WestHamReport) August 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/neilwhu1985/status/894653169191596032
Better than Rashford
— West Ham Transfers (@westhamtransfer) August 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/aldredtj/status/894681881089802244
too everyone saying "oh a no name kid again" did you knew who lanzini was when we signed him? Or obiang or kouyate…
— Dylan (@dylzwheelzz) August 7, 2017
Hopefully he'll be a great player but @davidgold will probably send him out on loan for the whole 5 year contract as he's too young…
— Daniel Hockley (@danielhockley) August 8, 2017
Another young talent out on loan to Peterborough for the season then!
— β Andy Grist ββ’ (@suicidalhammer) August 7, 2017
