West Ham have confirmed the club-record signing of France U21 centre-back, Issa Diop from Toulouse for £21.9m on a five-year contract.
Diop said: “I am very happy to sign for such a historic English club, and I hope to show my best here.
“I am a very ambitious player and West Ham is a very ambitious club, as we’ve seen with the appointment of the new coach. I hope to help the team win lots of games and make the fans happy.”
West Ham’s new director of football Mario Husillos said: “Issa is a player with fantastic potential who has already shown great quality at such a young age.
“It is a measure of his character and maturity that he was named captain of Toulouse at just 20 years of age, having already established himself in their team as a teenager.”
He made 31 appearances as Toulouse narrowly avoided relegation last season, taking his tally to just under 100 for the club, and has represented France at every youth level from U16 to U21, for whom he has five caps.
