The amount of the transfer, not communicated by the Hammers, is estimated at 29.8 million pounds (about 34.8 million euros) by the specialized press. At 26, the former player of AS Saint-Etienne arrives at West Ham in the skin of a potential holder. He is committed until 2025.
“Our first choice”
He has always been our first choice, and I am very happy that he is now our player.
coach David Moyes said in a statement posted on the club’s website.
West Ham are currently provisional Premier League leaders after three matchdays but have already conceded five goals. Zouma was more of a complementary defender at Chelsea, where he arrived in 2014. He was notably the subject of a loan to Stoke City and Everton between 2017 and 2019.
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He made 36 appearances last season at Chelsea, but only made it to the Champions League until the round of 16, before being gradually benched after Thomas Tuchel took the lead. of the Blues, at the beginning of the year.
International since 2015, Zouma was in the group that took part in the Euro last June. The defender with 8 selections is expected Monday at Clairefontaine for the next meeting of the France team, as part of the qualifications for the World-2022.
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