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CONFIRMED: West Ham sign Andy Carroll for club record fee
WEST HAM UNITED have wrapped up a permanent deal for Andy Carroll, the club have confirmed.
Carroll, as we reported last night, underwent a medical and now he has signed on a six-year deal for a club record fee.
Though the fee is undisclosed, it is believed that Liverpool took a significant hit on the 24-year-old whom they signed from Newcastle for £35m in 2011.
The England international has been given the No.9 shirt and he admitted he is delighted to have penned a deal.
In a short statement published on the club's official website, www.whufc.com, Carroll said: "It's fantastic for me to be here. I really enjoyed last season, and that shows in me coming back and making it permanent.
"The fans, the lads and the Club itself has been great to me, and what I wanted to do was come back here and play football.
"Since the end of the season I've had a lot of time to think, I've missed it and that's why I'm back. Getting promoted the season before last, then finishing where we did - we did great, and it can only get better for us.
"The way the Club's being run, obviously getting the new stadium and everything like that, it's only going up."
Carroll netted seven goals during his loan spell at Upton Park last season.