West Ham captain Mark Noble says he’s indignant after the membership bought winger Grady Diangana to West Brom for an £18m payment.
The 22-year-old spent final season on mortgage at The Hawthorns, serving to them clinch promotion to the Premier League.
The previous England Below-21 participant made 21 appearances for the Hammers after coming by means of the membership’s academy.
“As captain of this soccer membership I am gutted, indignant and unhappy that Grady has left, nice child with an important future,” Noble wrote on Twitter.
The skipper’s submit was appreciated by team-mate Declan Rice, whereas defender Arthur Masuaku replied with a damaged coronary heart emoji and lots of Hammers followers expressed dissatisfaction with membership homeowners David Sullivan and David Gold.
A West Ham assertion stated the choice to promote Diangana was made “reluctantly however, finally in the most effective pursuits of the membership”.
“The cash acquired for Grady shall be reinvested fully within the group, consistent with the supervisor’s targets,” it added.
“We consider that this can give us the very best likelihood of making certain we’ve got a balanced squad to compete within the Premier League and able to reaching our aims and ambitions this season.”
Diangana groups up once more with former Hammers supervisor Slaven Bilic, now the West Brom boss, and his assistant Julian Dicks.
“West Ham was all I had identified earlier than final season and I am positive folks will perceive that I felt some unhappiness at leaving,” he stated,
“I am nonetheless younger and final yr was my first season in senior soccer. I really feel I’m solely going to get higher.”
It was Albion’s second signing of the day after they sealed a four-year deal for Wigan Athletic defender Cedric Kipre.
Centre-back Kipre, 23, helped Wigan hold 12 clear sheets in 36 Championship appearances – additionally scoring twice.
Kipre, who was born in Paris however has represented Ivory Coast at youth stage and been a part of the senior squad, got here by means of at Paris St-Germain earlier than spells with Leicester Metropolis and Motherwell.
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