The transfer window has officially closed and the business our club has completed has been remarkable.
Twelve new faces, all of which strengthen our squad, and already a clear indication of the ambition our owners have of taking us in to the Olympic Stadium as a healthy, successful football club both on and off the pitch.
Last week Twitter was awash with disgruntled fans who were desperate for the club to sign a striker for the transfer window closed. Injuries to Enner Valencia and Mauro Zarate so early in the season had chiefly led to such a panic, but the club pulled through in the end.
Transfers In
| Player | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Darren Randolph | Birmingham City | Free |
| Pedro Obiang | Sampdoria | £5.2m |
| Martin Samuelsen | Manchester City | Free |
| Dimitri Payet | Marseille | £13.2m |
| Angelo Ogbonna | Juventus | £7.7m |
| Carl Jenkinson | Arsenal | Loan + £2m |
| Manuel Lanzini | Al Jazira Club | Loan |
| Alex Song | Barcelona | Loan |
| Victor Moses | Chelsea | Loan |
| Nikica Jelavic | Hull City | £3m |
| Michail Antonio | Nottingham Forest | £7m |
| Sam Byram | Leeds United | £3.7m |
| Emmanuel Emenike | Fenerbahce | Loan |
| Total: | £41.8m |
The arrivals of Alex Song, Victor Moses, Nikica Jelavic and Michail Antonio in the final 12 hours of the window follow up deals for Carl Jenkinson, Manuel Lanzini, Pedro Obiang, Dimitri Payet, Darren Randolph, Angelo Ogbonna,Stephen Hendrie and Martin Samuelsen this summer.
As expected every single West Ham fan is delighted with the business, and hundreds took to Twitter this evening to thank the likes of David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady for the work they put in over the summer to ensure we had the strongest possible squad to give the Boleyn Ground the send off it deserves.
Here’s just a handful of the best tweets…
DEADLINE DAY: We've signed FOUR players this #DeadlineDay! What is your reaction to today's business? #WHUFC #COYI pic.twitter.com/craGMld6LA
— West Ham United (@WestHam) September 1, 2015
The widow has closed, well done DS, Slaven and all involved in what has been one of the most remarkable transfer windows in our history. dg
— David Gold (@davidgold) September 1, 2015
@davidgold thank you for running our club the way it should be run #WHUFC #ledgends please pass onto Mr Sullivan x
— 父 Billy 父 (@BillySummers88) September 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/wallis_james/status/638794504141733888
https://twitter.com/DanThatMan/status/638786897591070723
@davidgold Thank you Mr Gold for a great window, I really appreciate what you and Mr Sullivan do for our club! #HappyHammer #WHUFC #IRONS
— Ryan Anderson (@LondonYeti) September 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/AtomicNova/status/638777336305991680
Today's business has been fantastic, thank you to the owners for giving Slaven the backing he needed! #WHUFC #COYI pic.twitter.com/GHChDYb9IN
— Reece ⚒ (@brooksy2901) September 1, 2015
bought in new mandem and got rid of all the dead wood, thank you slaven #whufc
— Harry Cooper (@harry_cooper11) September 1, 2015
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