West Ham sign Parker

Updated 16.02 Thu Jun 07 2007
Keywords: West Ham United, Scott Parker, Premier Leauge, Newcastle United, sport, football

West Ham have completed the £7m signing of Scott Parker on a five-year contract from Newcastle.

Parker is effectively the replacement for Nigel Reo-Coker who handed in a transfer request at the end of the season.

The combative midfielder played for Hammers boss Alan Curbishley at Charlton.

The combative midfielder played for Hammers boss Alan Curbishley at Charlton.

Curbishley said: "I'm delighted Scott has agreed to sign for us. Our relationship goes back some time to when he first joined Charlton as a schoolboy.

"He's coming to the club knowing full well that we're trying to push forward and he wants to be part of that.

"Firstly he wants to improve our team, then he wants to improve his chances of forcing his way back into the England scene.

He said: "He has been captain of Newcastle over the last couple of seasons and he is exactly the type of player that I wanted to bring to the club."

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