Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta has signed with Chelsea. (Chelsea FC)
Things are heating up across Europe as the summer transfer window winds into it's final days. In England, clubs are scurrying to take this last chance to better their squads during this calendar year. Today two fairly big name signings came in for a couple of London clubs.
First off, Chelsea FC have acquired the services of Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta from Marseille. The 22 year old right back started Marseille's first two Ligue 1 matches, but today has sealed his move to Stamford Bridge. He's represented Spain at the youth level and competed at the London Olympics this summer. He made 69 appearances in two years in France.
The deal is rumored to be in the neighborhood of 7 million pounds.
Matt Jarvis has signed with West Ham (metro.co.uk)
A name that is likely to be more familiar to watchers of the Barclay's Premier League is Matt Jarvis. The England winger and Wolves mainstay has finally made his move to West Ham United. The Irons have been chasing Jarvis for awhile, and the recently relegated Wolves had rejected at least two prior bids from the club. The deal that finally went through is rumored to be worth around £10.75million.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has praised Jarvis as "one of the best final third crossers in the Premier League," and in my opinion, he's not too far off. Jarvis himself is quoted as saying:
"I'll be playing with some fantastic players and it'll be great to get into training and I'm looking forward to playing with them. Hopefully I will add a bit of pace, crossing and deliveries that will provide some assists."
"It'll be straight in and hit the ground running. There's no time to think about it, you've just got to get on with it, which is good. I hope to train with the team today and then travel up to Swansea."
Jarvis joins the club on a 5 year deal. The Irons won their first match of the new EPL campaign beating Aston Villa 1-0 last weekend.
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