West Ham have completed the EUR9million signing of Anderlecht defender Cheikhou Kouyate.



Kouyate's first interview (courtesy of whufc.com)

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According to De Standaard, the Senegal international has signed a four-year contract with the Hammers after successfully completing a medical yesterday.The Hammers are reported to have paid circa EUR9million - approximately ?7.2million - for the highly-rated 24-year-old, who has been on West Ham's radar for several weeks.Anderlecht are set to replace Kouyate with Polish international Gregorz Krychowiak, who was also watched extensively by West Ham in recent months.Although at the time of writing the signing is yet to be confirmed by West Ham United, Kouyate becomes the club's second new arrival of the summer following the capture of Argentinian forward Mauro Zarate last month.Anderlecht P46 G1 Y4 R2Anderlecht P45 G1 Y7 R1Anderlecht P48 G0 Y4 R0Anderlecht P33 G2 Y6 R0Anderlecht P33 G2 Y2 R0KV Kortkijk P30 G3 Y2 R1Brussels FC P10 G0 Y1 R0