West Ham United have announced that they have completed the signing of French international midfielder Alou Diarra. Strong comparisons link Diarra with Arsenal legend and current Football Development Executive at Manchester City, Patrick Vieira. He has played in Germany and France, with Lyon, Bordeux and Bayern Munich, also seven years ago, he has a spell with Liverpool, without appearing for the Reds.
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Diarra’s qualities that he brought to the French team during Euro 2012, were one of the few highlights during the tournament for the national side. He was causing problems for opposition by the way that he controlled the flow and tempo of the game and was stopping the midfield on the opposing team playing through to the strikers.
On arrival, Alou Diarra told the club website, “I am very happy to be here at West Ham – everything is signed now which is good and I am excited to be here at this club and to be playing for them in the Premier League. I know a lot about West Ham as a club and when I knew they were interested in signing me, I was very happy and knew it would be a good choice for me.”
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“The club has just been promoted and I am looking forward to a good challenge with the team ahead. I see this as my chance in the Premier League to do well with West Ham. I hope that my experience can help and the fans will see me give my all in the matches.”
This signing may be a crucial one for us; Diarra will act as one of the many leaders that we are going to need for our next season. Diarra will give the midfield bags of experience and power, if we have two defensive midfielders in front of the defence with Mohamed Diame and Diarra, it could be like knocking down a wall to get through the midfielders. Diarra is a very good signing because he can double up as a centre back as well as his natural role in the midfield. The role of Diame and Diarra could be a vital partnership because you can have one of the pair holding back whilst the other one moves forward to back up the attack and give the attackers an extra outlet to use.
Though forget the role that he can play in attacks, the signing of Diarra is important because he will add experience that we need this year. The leadership qualities he holds can give a boost to consolidating our place in the league.
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Awesome signing! Diarra and Diame in Defensive midfield together cant wait. We have been crying out for a DM for years, we now have two! World Class CB and RB and i’ll be happy.
Agree with daniel we have needed a DM for well since Parker left and we do need at least one fullback with pace but midfield is not our problem we need a 20 goal a season striker.
in positions our team is defiantly premier league quality e.g. on the wing if maiga and vaz te play there and central midfield, but i think we may need a good marquee signing between the price of 5m-9m to show we need business, preferably this player should either be a class striker or center back with great leadership quality, we also need a left and a right back in my opinion.