West Ham United have signed Sebastien Haller for a club-record fee of £45m.
The 25-year-old joined the London club from Eintracht Frankfurt on a five-year deal with the option of a one-year extension.
The French striker scored 20 goals in 41 appearances last season and eclipsed Felipe Anderson as the most expensive transfer in West Ham's history.
"It means a lot (to be the record signing)," he told the club's website. "It proves that the club [has] really wanted me for a long time. I felt this desire to sign me and I’m really happy to sign, also. it is an ambitious club, a nice club, a nice city and nice fans too
"For me I can guarantee that I will give 100% for the club because the club has given me this confidence and I will try to give it back every day in every game.
"I will always give 100% and respect the club. I think this is a normal thing and that I can guarantee. I know it’s a big transfer and there is a lot of expectation around me, and I just want to make people proud of this transfer and I will give everything I have."
West Ham Director of Football Mario Husillos said manager Manuel Pellegrini was eager for Haller to become part of his squad for the upcoming season after Marko Arnautovic, Andy Carroll and Lucas Perez's departures from the club left a void in attack.
“Sebastien is a player we have been watching closely for some time," said Husillos. "He has always been a key target and someone who myself, Manuel Pellegrini and David Sullivan were very keen to bring to the football club.
“He is at the perfect moment for us, like many of the players who have arrived at the club in the past 12 months - young, with his best years still ahead of him, yet with good experience and proven at the highest level.
“It is also a big factor that Sebastien was very determined to become a West Ham United player. Our conversations proved that he has great desire and ambition to be successful here and it is clear he is greatly excited by the challenge ahead.”
