Konstantinos Mavropanos Signed

[Alan]

"West Ham United sign Greece international Konstantinos Mavropanos West Ham United are delighted to announce the signing of Greece international Konstantinos Mavropanos. The centre-back ‚Äì known to his family, friends and teammates as 'Dinos' ‚Äì arrives at London Stadium from German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Capped 19 times by his country, Athens-born Mavropanos is a dominant presence at 6‚Äô4, a defender who plays on the front foot and is now looking forward to bringing his extensive range of talents to east London. ‚ÄúI am really happy and excited to be here ‚Äì and to be back in the Premier League with West Ham United,‚Äù said the new No15, who made his Premier League debut as an Arsenal player in 2018. ‚ÄúIt‚Äôs an exciting time to be joining the Club after last season‚Äôs Conference League win ‚Äì and I am really looking forward to the next step in my career. I can promise the fans I will give everything for them and the shirt.‚Äù Born in Athens in December 1997, Mavropanos started his career with local club Apollon Smyrnis as a ten-year-old before signing his first professional contract with PAS Giannina in the northern city of Ioannina in 2016. The tall, physically imposing defender debuted in a Greek Cup win over Agrotikos at 18 years and eleven months and totaled 20 appearances for PAS, including 16 in the Super League, while still a teenager. In January 2018, Arsenal brought him to north London, and he made his first appearance for the Gunners in a Premier League fixture against Manchester United three months later. The youngster played eight times across 18 months before being loaned to German side 1. FC N?ºrnberg in January 2020. Impressive performances there saw him sign a new Arsenal contract and be loaned to Bundesliga club Stuttgart for each of the next two seasons, 2020/21 and 2021/22. After netting five goals in 55 appearances, he made the transfer permanent in May 2022 and added another 34 games and three goals last term. For Greece, Mavropanos was capped at U21 level before making his senior debut in a friendly win over Honduras in March 2021. Since then, he has hardly missed a game, starting four FIFA World Cup qualifiers, six UEFA Nations League ties and all three UEFA European Championship qualifiers played so far. Everyone at West Ham United would like to welcome Konstantinos to London Stadium and wish him every success in Claret and Blue. Mavropanos spacer"

[riosleftsock]

"Ginger Pele on Ironscast interview with him, well worth a watch, seems like a top lad! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqoY7blYIes"

[ludo21]

Welcome Dinos If he is half as good as his vid!...very excited about this! How many goals are we going to score from corners this season... a lot!

[Dr Matt]

Proper Phillipe Albert vibes about this guy. Reckon he could get 10-15 a season.

[Vexed]

Welcome Bobby Mavro son

[Chigwell]

Haven't we got enough defenders? What we need most is a proper striker (not Ings)

[Northern Sold]

Youtube footage he looks like the Bubble version of the Kaiser... I wonder if Gary Strodder had been playing now what his YT footage would have been like?? Anyway looks OK... welcome to the Toilet Bowl Leonadis Dino son... unleash hell.... THIS ... IS ... STRATFORD

[stubbo]

"Great video Alan....bloke looks fast, aggressive and with some ball skills....tempted to say he looks wasted at CB...be better off giving him Soucek's role in the team!"

[Alan]

This is the geezer :- Mavropanos spacer

[Westham67]

Duke LOL

[Westham67]

Duke LOL

[ironsofcanada]

"Real like what I saw of his pace and willingess to bomb forward when playing in a 3. Maybe if we have two decent pacey CBs on the outside, we could trust our wingbacks up the field. Dare to dream."

[Full Claret Jacket]

Think he is a decent pick up. We seem to have a lot of defenders. Assume some are leaving. Kehrer will need game time to stay in his national side. I suppose this means we could look at a back 3 with wingbacks but that has been a bit of a disaster at times.

[arsene york-hunt]

Mavro the Bubble

[riosleftsock]

"I think Arsenal fans rated him. I have no idea about him, but plenty on here seem to love a bit of Greek. Aguerd and Zouma are excellent players, and Kehrer and Johnson as auxiliaries make us pretty strong at the back now."

[Crassus]

"Duke Good work mate, made me chuckle"

[BRANDED]

Fucking Hellenic Blady greeky ini? Welcome son

[Serious Drinking]

"According to reports we're paying around 25 million euros for him, including add ons. I think it seems a good deal, delighted we've ended up with him instead of Maguire, who is 5 years older and no doubt would have cost us more in transfer fee and wages. Ward Prowse is going to love dropping them on to his 6ft 4 inch head. How does he fit in to our team, will Moyes go 3 at the back? Aguerd may have made a few mistakes, but I think he's a decent player for us."

[Iron Duke]

"Welcome, Dino Son. After 8 will enjoy singing I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles."

[Hello Mrs. Jones]

Dinos meet the dinos

[Takashi Miike]

great signing ?üëç

[Chopper Toshack]

Welcome Dinos and good luck.

[RichyP]

Got a good feeling about this signing. Hopefully he pretty soon shows that he is first choice alongside Zouma. I like Aguerd but he makes too many mistakes

[Crassus]

"I know nothing of the bloke, don't remember him at the Arse and heard nothing until we jumped in But, in the Scarf I trust, especially with players from the Bosch So welcome Stavros son"

[twoleftfeet]

"Aguerd is a superb player, him and Zouma are forming a good partnership."

[yngwies Cat]

Alright Boss. Welcome aboard.