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West Ham United have announced the signing of Stewart Downing from Liverpool.
The England International has signed a four-year deal with the club, believed to be in the region of £6 Million.
The former Middlesbrough youngster, now 29 years old will wear the number 23 shirt for the hammers. Downing had this to say on his arrival to the club:
"Very excited, it's a great opportunity for me here, the club, and a good manager to work under and Im really excited to get going now."
Talking on the West Ham Website, Downing could be having his debut against Cardiff City on the 17th of August.
"Im ready, Im fit, Im well, I've played a few decent games for Liverpool in pre-season so there should be no problems on that part."
With Downing now apart of the West Ham squad, that makes Downing the 3rd Liverpool player to make the switch to the Boleyn Ground this year.
Various Liverpool fans have responded to the move as a good change the merseyside club:
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Downing Quotes:
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Twitter Quotes:
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