West Ham United officially confirmed the signing of Matt Jarvis from Wolves on a club record fee.
26-year-old winger Jarvis completed his move to West Ham for a fee which is believed to be in the region of £10.75 Million and in some further good news will be available for Saturday’s trip to Swansea.
The winger has penned a 5-year-deal with the option for a further year is now West Ham’s new record signing, eclipsing the £9m the club paid for Savio Nsereko back in 2009.
Jarvis, who has been handed the No7 shirt, had a productive season for Wolves last year scoring eight goals in a relegation doomed campaign.
Speaking with WHUFC.com Jarvis confirmed his delight at joining up with the mighty Hammers:
I’m delighted to have signed. It’s a fantastic club and I’m pleased to be here. It’s a great club and it’s got great history and tradition. I know about Bobby Moore and the history and tradition that go with that.
I’ll be playing with some fantastic players and it’ll be great to get into training and I’m looking forward to playing with them. Hopefully I will add a bit of pace, crossing and deliveries that will provide some assists.
Sam Allardyce was equally delighted that the deal has gone through and had nothing but praise for Jarvis:
From my point of view it is a big piece of business for a terrific young man who will add a lot of quality to our team.
Certainly from an attacking sense he is one of the best final-third crossers in the Premier League and his stats were very good at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He delivers in the business end of the field and creates a lot of chances and is a player that can give opposition defences an awful lot of trouble. We are hoping he will produce that for us.
So Matt Jarvis is officially a West Ham United player and will now be terrorising full backs at The Boleyn, it feels as though this transfer has been drawn out for some time and I am glad he has finally signed and look forward to Jarvis paying back his transfer fee with some fine performances in claret and blue.