West Ham sign Hitzlsperger

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West Ham United's new manager Avram Grant has made his first signing after bringing in Thomas Hitzlsperger on a three-year contract.

Hitzlsperger has spent the past six months with Lazio, but the former Aston Villa midfielder has agreed to return to the Premier League with West Ham.

The 28-year-old only joined Lazio in January from Stuttgart after his contract with the Bundesliga club was cancelled to give Hitzlsperger a better chance of making Germany's World Cup.

However, despite his switch to Serie A, the ex-Bayern Munich youngster was unable to claim a place in Germany coach Joachim Low's 23-man squad for the finals in South Africa.
He will now turn his focus to his club career after accepting the opportunity to play in England for the second time.

During five years on the books of Villa, Hitzlsperger scored 12 goals in 114 appearances before leaving for Stuttgart in 2005.

Hitzlsperger is likely to be the first of several fresh faces to arrive at Upton Park over the summer months following Grant'sappointment as manager.

Grant has been tipped to raid his former club Portsmouth for some players, while the likes of Thierry Henry and David Beckham have also been linked with moves to West Ham.


Good signing for them I reckon.
 
Depends on how they use him. If they are planning on playing 4-4-2 next season.. with Parker and Hitzlsperger in the middle, they wont score many goals, there just isn't any creativity.
 
Do they really need yet another hardworking midfielder, when they've got Parker, Noble, Collison, Behrami, and Kovacs?
 
Did I imagine it or was he nicknamed The Hammer whem he was last over here, I wonder had that anything to do with him going there:boring:
 
Thought he was a lot older than 28. Decent player.
 
I think that's a very good signing for West Ham myself

With a bit of wheeling and dealing, and a little to spend, I reckon Avram will have them upper lower half of the table next season, safely away from threat of relegation
 
A good first signing for Grant at West Ham, and if this is an indication of the type of player that they will be looking for then Upton Park could be a very tough place to go and get a win next season
 
peterstorey said:
Do they really need yet another hardworking midfielder, when they've got Parker, Noble, Collison, Behrami, and Kovacs?
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Chances are one or two of them are going to leave in the Summer then. I reckon Parker will go, probably to Aston Villa who are in a need of a midfielder of this profile.
 
First game tonight after 6 months out and an absolute beauty of a goal vs Burnley on his West Ham debut. Could be a great signing for West Ham if he can stay fit.
 
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