Transfer Latest: Walker-peters Joins West Ham And Ferguson Closing On Roma Move

West Ham person completed nan signing of free supplier Kyle Walker-Peters, whose Southampton statement expired this summer.

The erstwhile Tottenham full-back joins up pinch Graham Potter to proceed nan Hammers’ summertime business, which has been slow-going truthful far.

“He was a big, large portion of maine making nan decision,” said Walker-Peters of Potter. “I’ve ever liked his style arsenic a coach and I deliberation it’s going to suit maine best. He said astir trying to make nan nine like, a existent family consciousness and that’s what I’m each astir and I’d for illustration to deliberation I’m a bully fit.”

Walker-Peters, who won 2 caps for England successful 2022, spent 5 years astatine Southampton, enduring 2 relegations and now joins a nine whose erstwhile summertime signings were El Hadji Malick Diouf, a near wing-back from Slavia Prague, and youngster Daniel Cummings from Celtic. Walker-Peters will apt play connected nan right.

Potter said: “He is simply a subordinate I’ve ever thought highly of and been impressed by whenever he has faced 1 of my teams. He has a really bully pedigree, a apical master who has established himself arsenic a respected Premier League subordinate and still has his champion years successful beforehand of him.”

Meanwhile, Brighton person put region betwixt nan nine and reports that Evan Ferguson, nan Republic of Ireland striker, has made a indebtedness move to Roma. A move to nan Serie A nine is, though, understood to beryllium successful advancement pinch a number of formalities still to beryllium completed.

In Italy, location person been reports a woody has been agreed for an first indebtedness pinch a €40m action to bargain nan player. Ferguson spent half of past play connected indebtedness astatine West Ham for a disappointing spell successful which he started conscionable 1 lucifer and was incapable to score.