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."

[Sir Alf]

Hugh may have been on the sauce again last night but he reckons Aguerd will be fit for City which indicates ligament damage not too bad?

[Sir Alf]

Hugh may have been on the sauce again last night but he reckons Aguerd will be fit for City which indicates ligament damage not too bad?

[fraser]

6-8 weeks

[zico]

Does someone not have to piss on all four corner flags and do a little dance to lift the injury curse of West Ham?

[british is best]

How will bein sports know the extent of aguerds injury? . It Still hasn't been scanned apparently .and It's Probably wishful thinking on their part anyway .

[1964]

Something wrong with this club.

[RBshorty]

No doubt the odds of a Haaland hatrick have just shortened.?

[charleyfarley]

Bein sports the only one carrying the story

[fraser]

Hopefully not true and we won't see Dawson against City

[Hammer and Pickle]

"I don’t get the joke, Kenneth."

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

LOL

[twoleftfeet]

Dawson will have Haaland in his pocket.

[Charoo]

3 months out for Aguerd Dawson injured Ogbonna won’t be the same after an ACL especially at his age Zouma has suspect knees Diop is just suspect. CB on loan to add to the list

[Hammer and Pickle]

Oh FFS

[twoleftfeet]

Wheel Dawson out.

[happygilmore]

We're cursed

[solidbond]

"Out for 3 months according to bein sports,"

[Gary Strodders shank]

I would of liked to of seen us put in a decent offer for Nick Pope. I do hope we wont be linked to top names (in the press) only to end up with the usual hard luck stories of the ones that got away and bargain buys from all four corners of the globe. The failure to sign a centre forward in January cost us dear We knew we were short going into last season so not to get a deal over the line was nothing short of negligent in my opinion.

[Alfs]

"Broja was the difference between us and Southampton in the cup. Won the penalty, scored the 3rd."

[bell]

Seems like a good lad in the video with CFC.

[Tomshardware]

"Broja would be good business, looks a really good prospect with loads of potential."

[Manuel]

"Agree Norf. Do some still not understand that at that age there is nearly always a risk, but at the same time you are factoring in potential, which is why the buying club will be willing to pay a decent amount and the selling club want a decent wedge. No one is going to pay 30mil plus for Broja just because he has scored 6 goals. Looking at Broja now at 20 he could a world class forward in 5 years, but yea it could also go peared too. These are the signings we need to be making imo. We can't afford the already established top forwards, and they wouldn't want to come anyway of course. So how does a club like ours ever get one? You need to go and find the 'next' Kane, Lukaku, Haaland, Lewandowski, etc."

[Manuel]

"Agree Norf. Do some still not understand that at that age there is nearly always a risk, but at the same time you are factoring in potential, which is why the buying club will be willing to pay a decent amount and the selling club want a decent wedge. No one is going to pay 30mil plus for Broja just because he has scored 6 goals. Looking at Broja now at 20 he could a world class forward in 5 years, but yea it could also go peared too. These are the signings we need to be making imo. We can't afford the already established top forwards, and they wouldn't want to come anyway of course. So how does a club like ours ever get one? You need to go and find the 'next' Kane, Lukaku, Haaland, Lewandowski, etc."

[Norflundon]

Camel He’s 20 years old 10 goals in Holland at 19 and 6 in the prem Have a look Harry kanes record when was that age playing at a much lower level Not saying he’ll turn out anything like him but at that age you are buying potential not many players score loads of goals at that sort of age Also I don’t think Southampton style exactly suited him they are a passing side that build from the back he’s more like Antonio all pace and power he would be much more suited to the way we play Having said all that he might flop but all transfers are a gamble but with Antonio still in the squad and able to do a job if the kid doesn’t hit the ground ribboning you’ll can stick the big man out wide left if the kid starts really well I think this transfer makes perfect sense

[camel-with-3-humps]

"He sounds as if he'd be a decent signing. You never really know until they play, but he appears to have good qualities. Not convinced about Broja. £30m for a bloke who scored six goals in 32 appearances? Sounds fucking shit and a complete waste of funds."