Cheik Kouyate celebrated his new five year Hammers contract with a brilliant performance at the Bridge today and stakd a claim as man of the match.
And it made co chairman David Gold’s comments on his decision to sign the deal all the more special.
Gold told www.whufc.com: “I am thrilled that Cheikhou Kouyate has pledged his long-term future to West Ham United and signed a new five-year contract.
It once again proves that we are determined to bring in top quality players and keep them on a long-term basis as we move ever closer to our historic move into the new Stadium during the summer.
We have won the right to dream and for once our dreams are coming true. Our dream was not to face a relegation struggle and challenge at the very top and that is what we have done.
It will be a surprise to many but we always felt that the squad of players that we were putting together would help us knock on the door of the big teams.
As I said earlier in the season the big boys will start looking over their shoulders and that has proved to be the case.
In fact we are now looking over our shoulders at some of the big teams! We have come a long way.