Nayef Aguerd - signed (30m)

[Coffee]

"OS West Ham United complete Nayef Aguerd transfer West Ham United are delighted to announce the signing of Morocco international defender Nayef Aguerd. The 26-year-old joins the Hammers from French Ligue 1 club Rennes on a five-year contract and adds further quality and depth to David Moyes‚Äô squad. He will wear the No27 shirt. Aguerd has enjoyed two impressive seasons with Rennes, enhancing the reputation he established at FUS Rabat, Dijon and with the Moroccan national team. Now, the left-sided player will continue his career in the English Premier League, where his combination of talents will see him provide strong competition for Craig Dawson, Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna and Kurt Zouma. ‚ÄúI was really excited when I heard about West Ham United's interest,‚Äù said Aguerd, an impressive individual who speaks fluent French, English, Arabic and Spanish. ‚ÄúWhen I heard about it, I knew I needed to go to the Premier League, because it‚Äôs a dream for every player. ‚ÄúWest Ham is a historic Club. I saw a few of their games this year, and I saw the fans and the atmosphere were fantastic, with the bubbles! ‚ÄúI talked with the manager and he showed me that he was very interested, so it was easy to choose to come to West Ham.‚Äù Aguerd was born in the city of K?©nitra in the north of Morocco into a footballing family. His father played in the Moroccan top-flight, while his uncle Abdelmajid Bouyboud was capped 34 times and appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals ‚Äì an achievement his nephew could emulate in Qatar later this year. As a boy, Aguerd represented local club KAC of K?©nitra before being scouted and recruited to the national Mohammed VI Football Academy in the capital city of Rabat, where he spent four years playing alongside the likes of Sevilla striker Youssef En-Nesyri. In 2014, aged 18, he joined leading club Rabat FUS, making 12 appearances in his debut season and attracting the attention of a host of leading Spanish clubs. After bulking up and working hard on his game, Aguerd then inspired FUS to their first-ever Moroccan Championship in May 2016, scoring a vital goal against Ittihad Tanger that all but clinched the title. After scoring in the 2017 CAF Champions League and impressing regularly for FUS over the next two seasons, Aguerd joined French Ligue 1 club Dijon in 2018. Two encouraging seasons for Les Rouges led to a transfer to Rennes, where he started the club‚Äôs first-ever UEFA Champions League match at home to Russian side Krasnodar and featured in four of six group-stage fixtures in the autumn of 2020. Aguerd has thrived at Roazhon Park, making 66 Ligue 1 appearances and helping Rennes qualify for Europe in each of the last two seasons. He scored twice in seven UEFA Europa Conference League appearances and started 31 Ligue 1 games as Rennes finished fourth last term. At international level, the defender was capped at U20 and U23 level before making his senior debut against Albania in August 2016. Two years later, he helped Morocco win the African Nations Championship on home turf. He is now a regular in the Atlas Lions‚Äô starting XI with 25 senior caps and was an ever-present in Morocco‚Äôs successful 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign and run to the 2021 CAF Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. Everyone at West Ham United would like to welcome Nayef to London Stadium and wish him all the best for his career in Claret and Blue."

[Athletico Easthamico]

Apparently Caleta Car is now available for about 13 million from Marseilles. Last year of his contract. Moyes was interested in January but wanted a loan first.

[stubbo]

"The lack of diagnosis information, and the fact he's gone to surgery within days of doing it and the vague club references...none of that sounds very promising. 3 to 6 months my guess."

[ak37]

Can’t wait until he’s back in the team. It will be like a new signing.

[Nick QQQ]

"Given the official statement doesn’t mention mi or or timescale, either the club are fucking terrible at this type of communication or it is long term. Difficult to know with West Ham to be honest"

[13 Brentford Rd]

"""we wish him a speedy recovery"" Sounds ominous to me."

[13 Brentford Rd]

"""we wish him a speedy recovery"" Sounds ominous to me."

[scott_d]

"I dont get what the club gain from being so cryptic and vague about his injury? The fact there is no time-scale for me means its long term and not just a few weeks, otherwise they would say, wouldn't they?"

[fraser]

Sir Alf - if it was minor you'd think they'd mention it as they haven't...

[JimmyT]

Back for the City game... ...in the 2024-2025 season.

[Sir Alf]

"As mentioned below, we now at least get confirmation that old Hugh is full of sh*t ( well Stella or Whiskey in actual fact). Would be good to get some details as other say, If its minor surgery then he should be back in 4 - 6 weeks but we just don't know? If its more significant it could be 3 months and we wont see him until after the World Cup :-( Does feel like the curse of the CBs has returned. Hopefully old Oggy can get back to a decent level for one more season."

[twoleftfeet]

Is he still under warranty?

[charleyfarley]

West Ham United can confirm that Nayef Aguerd has had successful surgery on the ankle injury he sustained in our pre-season friendly against Glasgow Rangers last week. The Moroccan defender will now continue his rehabilitation at Rush Green with the Club’s medical team. Everyone at West Ham United would like to wish Nayef a speedy recovery.

[⚒️]

Only minor surgery.

[Eerie Descent]

We truly are fucking cursed.

[fraser]

No mention of what he's actually had done or a time scale of any sort.

[twoleftfeet]

I can't see him being match fir till January. We don't have much luck with centre backs. Wheel Dawson out again.

[Norflundon]

This perfectly shows what that pissed stained soak Hugh has absolutely no inside info What an absolute cսnt this bloke is fucked when we‚Äôve chased him for so long and we‚Äôve spent about 20/25% of our budget can‚Äôt see this fella playing this side of Christmas

[fraser]

Has had surgery

[legrandefromage]

Just been moved into the Andy Carroll wing of the Rush Green Sick Bay

[13 Brentford Rd]

C&H reckons the club's medical staff are confident he'll be back for the City game. I'll be surprised if he is given that he couldn't put any weight through it.

[Hammer and Pickle]

I’m sure the new boy Scamacca won’t mind filling in for a few games

[Hermit Road]

We will end up with 10 centre backs and it still won’t be enough

[Lily Hammer]

"His funeral will be held next week, in Morocco, for family only, but there will be a memorial service on Wednesday, for anyone who wants to attend."

[Kaiser Zoso]

"Ankle ligaments is about 3 to 4 weeks usually, unless he's really severely stretch them. A young fit, athletic bloke like he obviously is ought to be back soon"

[diehardhammer]

There’s been multiple claims how long he is out As far as I understand they’re waiting on bruising to go down to re-do the scan and confirm how bad it is