“I am happy to be playing for these fans and I hope to make the people very happy here”, said Ayew in a statement at his new club’s website, as per ESPN.
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Manager Slaven Bilic will now have Ayew, Andy Carroll, Dimitri Payet, Manuel Lanzini and Sofiane Feghouli to choose from.
West Ham United have agreed a fee of about £20m to sign Ghana striker Andre Ayew from Swansea City.
The manager said: “We are looking at two new players and we are close, I thought it would be yesterday and they would be involved today”.
Payet was a key figure in the Hammers’ seventh placed finish last season and also played a vital role in France’s progression to the final of Euro 2016, only to be ousted by Portugal in extra-time.
Speaking after West Ham’s 3-2 friendly defeat to Juventus on Sunday, Bilic told reporters: “It’s only a matter of paperwork. We are going to have two new players at West Ham”.
Allegri, who gave a debut to £75million striker Gonzalo Higuain, was also impressed, saying: “Carroll is a very good player, he can make a team very risky and he is very good in set-pieces”.
West Ham have moved to strengthen their options at left-back after Aaron Cresswell was injured during preseason.
The Hammed also failed to land David Santon from Inter Milan.
The former France Under-19 worldwide won two Greek Superleague titles, as well as the Greek Cup, during his two-year stint with Olympiacos, who signed Masuaku after he impressed after breaking into the Valenciennes side as a teenager.
The 23-year-old striker scored 18 goals in 34 appearances for La Liga minnows Eibar last season and is due for a medical with the Welsh side in the coming days.
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He is likely to be available for next Monday’s Premier League opener with Chelsea.
