Neither of the two entities specified the amount of the player’s transferwho played on loan at Lyon last season, but according to the specialized press the operation would be around 18 million euros.
The Italian international of Brazilian origin (27 caps and winner of the European Championship with the Azzurri, he played 29 Ligue 1 games last season with Lyon, scoring a goal.
It’s a great challenge for me, it’s a great team and I’m very happy to be here
“It’s a great challenge for me, it’s a great team and I’m very happy to be here,” said Emerson (28 years old), trained at Santos.
“He is an experienced player and with a good reputation, which has been successful both at club and international level in recent years”, congratulated his new manager, David Moyes.
West Ham have not started the season well and are bottom of the Premier League after losing their first three games, in the worst start of the ‘Hammers’ in the last 51 years.