Dyer Completes West Ham Move

West Ham have completed the signing of Kieron Dyer from Newcastle for a fee in the region of £7m. The Hammers had last week agreed to pay £6m for the player, only for Newcastle to increase their valuation to £8m. It is believed that a compromise figure has now been reached.

The Twenty-eight-year-old Dyer had been at Newcastle since joining them from his hometown club Ipswich in 1999, but was keen to move to London for family reasons.

His time at St James' Park was punctuated by controversy and injury and his haul of 36 goals from 251 matches will likely be remembered as a disappointing return from a player of his pace, skill and creativity.

Dyer, who has won 32 England caps since making his debut in 1999, will link up with a clutch of former Newcastle team-mates including Scott Parker, Craig Bellamy and Lee Bowyer - with whom he had a infamous on-field scuffle in April 2005.

The West Ham boss Alan Curbishley, who had previously declared the deal dead following Newcastle's change in stance, has already signed Julien Faubert, Freddie Ljungberg and Richard Wright in addition to Bellamy and Parker this summer.