Flynn Downes has joined West ham on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee

The lifelong Hammers fan has signed a deal that will keep him at the London Stadium until the summer of 2077.

Downes said it was a "surreal feeling" to join his childhood club. I think I'm dreaming. I have wanted to join this club since I was a little boy. I'm delighted that this is my club.

I can't wait to start. I want to be the best I can be, and this is the perfect chance to test myself against the best players in the league.

Some of the players who came to West Ham from the Championship have gone on to play for their countries. You have to pay attention to that. I joined the club because of the manager's track record. I'm thankful for the chance to play for West Ham.

"We are looking forward to having Flynn in the group and we are happy to have signed him," said David.

He has good energy. He has a lot of things we have about our team which he would like to add to.

We brought Jarrod from a similar situation at Hull, so we're always trying to find boys from the Championship who are going to step up to play in the premier league. I hope Flynn does. I think he has a good chance as he has a lot of good attributes.

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Mark Noble, Ryan Fredericks, David Martin and Andriy Yarmolenko will all leave the club at the end of their contracts, meaning that David Moyes will have to spend money to strengthen his squad.

The future of Declan Rice is going to be one of the summer's biggest stories. West Ham have made it clear they will not sell him this summer, but you would think they would find it difficult to turn down an offer of that size. West Ham can extend Rice's contract by another year to the summer of 2025.

They are interested in Lewis-Potter, as well.

West Ham's 2022/23 Premier League fixtures: Man City first up on Super Sunday

West Ham Fixtures 2022/23

Manchester City will visit the London Stadium for the start of the West ham season.

When they took a 2-0 lead in the run-in to the season, there was hope that they could win the title.

West Ham, who finished seventh and qualified for the Europa Conference League, followed City with a trip to newly-promotedNottingham Forest before visiting the London Stadium.

The Hammers will play their first home game of the season againstLeicester on November 12 before the World Cup break and then they play their first home game of the season againstArsenal on Boxing day.

The final home game of the season for West Ham will be against Leeds on May 20.

The draw for the play-off round of the Europa Conference League will take place on August 2nd.

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