Seb Haller has admitted the Hammers fans and the “beautiful stadium” played a big part in his decision to join West
The Frenchman has admitted taking his time to make the move but knows now he has made the right decision declaring: “The thought of playing in front of 60,000 [at London Stadium] was a big attraction
Speaking at https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/july/20-july/haller-i-cant-wait-feel-support-60000-west-ham-fans he said: “It’s the thing that can push you to give 10% more every game. When I spoke to the manager he said West Ham is an ambitious club, a nice club, a nice city and nice fans too.
“They said I will feel great here. Of course I tried to find some information about the club and they gave me the confidence to sign.
“I’ve only been once to London before and it’s a really great city. I will take time to explore the city but the stadium is great. It’s beautiful and I’m just looking forward to playing inside it with a lot of fans.”
“I am not afraid to travel because I know it is part of the job,” he explained. “I think football is a chance to travel like that, to see a lot of countries, a lot of cultures and to learn about people.
“Now it’s England and I’m really excited to start.
“[I’m coming into the] best years of my career and this is why I came here. I want to succeed, I want to perform a lot for the club and help this club get a lot of success.”
ClaretandHugh says: It still seems remarkable that Haller has landed at the club. Just a couple of weeks ago the position up front looked extraordinarily worrying with the news that Maxi Gomez had turned us down, Few realistically believed we could attract a guy who appeared to have to have the world at his feet according to those who know his game well. That he should now be here, and clearly excited about it, after what in real terms was a pretty quick negotiating process, is brilliant news. It is reasonable that there are reservations about the fact that we now only have two other front men but it also seems clear that Pellegrini will be expecting midfield to weight in with its share where last season Anderson scored 10 and Fornals five for Villareal. We would love to see a back up striker arrive but Haller is a seriously good buy and assuming he remains fit looks a top buy and we expect the manager to develop a system to cover what some possibly worrying deficiencies up front.
