{"id":642807,"date":"2024-07-06T06:39:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T10:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=642807"},"modified":"2024-07-06T06:44:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T10:44:39","slug":"max-kilman-signs-west-ham-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/06\/max-kilman-signs-west-ham-united\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham United Announce Signing of ‘Established Proven’ Player Who Praises His New Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Ham United have announced the signing of central defender Max Kilman<\/a> from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of \u00a340million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

West Ham Announce Max Kilman Signing for \u00a340m<\/h2>\n

Max Kilman Departs Molineux for London Stadium<\/h3>\n

The 27-year-old central defender has agreed to a seven-year contract at London Stadium following an impressive spell at Molineux. Kilman will be reunited with new Hammers Head Coach Julen Lopetegui who coached the English centre back at Wolves.<\/p>\n

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The experience Kilman will bring to West Ham will be invaluable, with his leadership qualities and Premier League experience. He was a key component of the Wolves team that became a permanent fixture in the Premier League. The centre-back started his career in non-league with Maidenhead United, where the West Ham links began, as he was managed by the West Ham legend Alan Devonshire.<\/p>\n

Kilman Reflects on West Ham Move<\/h3>\n

Reflecting on his move to East London, Kilman said: \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing feeling to be a West Ham\u00a0United\u00a0player.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I was aware of the interest from the Club, it was an opportunity I was keen to pursue, so I couldn\u2019t be more delighted to be here.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI really enjoyed working with Julen during his time at Wolves \u2013 he\u2019s a top-class coach and someone I learned a lot from, and I am confident I will continue to improve as a player under his management here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 27-year-old centre-back added: \u201cWest Ham\u00a0is\u00a0a massive Club and I feel this is the natural next step forward in my career.
\n\u201cPlaying in front of a passionate fan-base, with 62,500 supporters packing out London Stadium every other week, is something I am incredibly excited about.
\n\u201cHaving spoken at length to both Julen and Tim [Steidten], I was hugely encouraged about the ambition of the Club and their plans for the future. They want to make a big noise here at West Ham and as a new player coming in, that\u2019s an incredible thing to hear.
\n\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting down to work and\u00a0preparing\u00a0for an exciting season ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

West Ham Pleased With Deal<\/h3>\n

West Ham United Technical Director Tim Steidten also revealed his pleasure at completing the deal: \u201cThis is a serious and notable moment for West Ham United \u2013 the signing of an established, proven English Premier League central defender in the peak years of his career.”<\/p>\n

Steidten added: \u201cHe has many great qualities as a defender. He\u2019s a strong, powerful centre-back, who possesses the leadership qualities that are so important in that area of the pitch.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Ham United have announced the signing of central defender Max Kilman from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of \u00a340million. West Ham Announce Max Kilman Signing for \u00a340m Max Kilman Departs Molineux for London Stadium The 27-year-old central defender has agreed to a seven-year contract at London Stadium following an impressive spell at Molineux. Kilman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":640596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28,2510],"tags":[8940,7536],"class_list":["post-642807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-ham","category-transfers","category-wolves","tag-max-kilman","tag-west-ham-united-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}