West Ham United manager David Moyes has expressed his delight at adding an "experienced player with a good pedigree" after signing Emerson Palmieri from Chelsea.
The Italian international has become the Hammers' seventh summer signing after putting pen to paper on a four-year contract with the club, with a one-year option. He joins for an undisclosed fee from fellow Premier League club Chelsea.
He will give Moyes another option at left-back to compete with Aaron Cresswell after Arthur Masuaku left to join Besiktas on loan, with the West Ham boss speaking of how pleased he is to add more proven Premier League, European and international experience to his squad.
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"We are very pleased to welcome Emerson to West Ham United," said Moyes. "He is an experienced player with a good pedigree, who has enjoyed great success at both club and international level in recent years.
"He will give us strong competition in defensive areas and brings a winning mentality that we are looking to build here at West Ham. We look forward to working with Emerson and wish him all the very best in his career with us."
Meanwhile, the 28-year-old has spoken about how much he is relishing the challenge at West Ham, with the Italian international stating that he is "very happy" to be at the club after swapping west London for east London.
"It's a big challenge for me. It's a big team, so I'm very happy to be here, and I'm ready," he said. "Personally, since the first day I arrived here in England, I always saw the big clubs, and I always watched the big games, and I knew the history about West Ham. The history is so, so big for this team and so when I knew about the interest for sure I said 'Yes, let's go, I want to go there' and I'm here now! I can't wait to get started in a West Ham shirt."
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