West Ham United have signed an exciting 16-year-old.
West Ham first-team coach Xavi Valero has revealed that the club has signed an exciting young goalkeeper, Krisztian Hegyi.
The Hammers’ official website confirmed the 16-year-old’s arrival on Friday.
Hegyi originally joined West Ham earlier in the year but the transfer was only rubber-stamped a little earlier in the week.
The Hungary Under-17 international impressed Valero – the Irons’ goalkeeping coach – on his debut against Brighton & Hove Albion last month.
And the Spaniard is waxing lyrical over the academy signing, revealing to West Ham’s official website that they fended off competition from some elite teams to lure him to East London.
The 46-year-old said: “Krisztian attracted interest from a number of the world’s biggest clubs so we are very pleased that he has decided to commit his future to West Ham United and look forward to seeing how he develops over the coming years.”
The hard work starts now for young Hegyi.
There has been no shortage of very talented players to join up with West Ham’s academy in recent years, dating back to when Slaven Bilic was in charge of the Londoners.
But virtually none of them have made waves in the first team. The best prospect, going by his form for the Under-23s, was Toni Martinez, but the Spanish striker has spent the second half of this season on loan at CD Lugo and it doesn’t look like he’ll ever be a big senior player for West Ham.
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