West Ham have announced the signing of Kurt Zouma from Chelsea.
The two London sides had been locked in negotiations for the Frenchman at the end of last week and a breakthrough was made that saw the Hammers confirm the defender's capture on Saturday night.
"West Ham United is delighted to announce the signing of France international Kurt Zouma until the summer of 2025," a statement read on West Ham's official club website.
"The 26-year-old central defender joins for an undisclosed fee from Chelsea, where he accumulated two Premier League titles, one UEFA Champions’ League winner's medal and one EFL Cup winner's medal during a seven-year career.
"A prodigious talent who boasts great pace, strength, technical proficiency and the experience of 165 Premier League and 27 top-level European appearances, Zouma further strengthens manager David Moyes’ top-of-the-table West Ham team ahead of their first-ever venture into the Europa League group stages.
"He currently holds eight full international caps with France, having progressed through all junior levels with the national team since the Under-16 age group, and will this week again join up with Didier Deschamps’s squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia, Ukraine and Finland."
On his move to the Hammers, Zouma said: "I’m very happy and very proud.
"My conversation with the manager went very fast. I just felt like he really wanted me to come and join the team, especially a good team that’s started the season very, very well.
"With the great season that West Ham had last year, that gave the team a lot of confidence to improve this year – and I want to help the team do that."
West Ham were twice pegged back from Crystal Palace as the London pair were forced to share the spoils in Saturday's 2-2 draw at the London Stadium.
