West Ham United have pulled off what appears to be arguably one of the best deals of the transfer window so far, signing Javier Hernandez.
Javier Hernandez has suggested that Slaven Bilic’s desire to bring him to West Ham played a key role in convincing him to make the switch to the London Stadium, Sky Sports reports.
Hernandez became the Hammers’ latest signing of the window – joining the likes of Pablo Zabaleta, Joe Hart and Marko Arnautovic in making the switch this summer – with Sky Sports reporting that he has signed a three-year deal.
Javier Hernandez has joined West Ham from Bayer Leverkusen
And Hernandez has disclosed that the Irons boss’ attempts to sign him over a sustained period of time helped persuade the 29-year-old to swap Bayer Leverkusen for another crack at the Premier League.
“Slaven Bilic was a massive part of why I joined. Since I joined Bayer Leverkusen he wanted me, he spoke with me. He did everything he could to bring me here but couldn’t for a lot of reasons and now I am here I want to repay him,” he said, as reported by Sky Sports.
With the Mexican’s record throughout his career so impressive, it is arguably a fantastic statement of intent from West Ham to be the ones to bring him back to England two years after his move away from Manchester United.
Landing a player of his quality and reputation must surely have an impact on how easy it will be to convince some of their other targets to make the same move during the remaining weeks of the window.
And if Hernandez is capable of replicating the strike-rates he had at Manchester United and at Bayer Leverkusen once the season gets up and running, then perhaps that will also boost the club’s ability to show further ambition in future windows.
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic
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