West Ham completed their fifth signing of the summer on Monday – and the club’s supporters were slightly surprised on Twitter about the arrival of Sead Haksabanovic.
The Hammers confirmed that the 18-year-old midfielder has moved to the London Stadium and signed a long-term five-year deal.
The left winger joined from Swedish club Halmstads BK for an undisclosed fee and is now set for his first taste of English football.
Haksabanovic enjoyed a strong campaign last year and scored five goals in 22 appearances from the wide area.
Slaven Bilic has now made five signings this summer to help strengthen his squad and the teenager has joined Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Marko Arnauotivic and Javier Hernandez as new arrivals.
Most West Ham fans were not familiar with Haksabanovic or what he can bring to the team, but were optimistic that he can make an impact in the future.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/Tony_coyi/status/894781420031365120
https://twitter.com/whu2002/status/894649439356407812
Haksabanovic eh? I can hand on heart say I've watched a 4minute YouTube video just now, so Im now practically an expert on him. Decent #COYI
— Pep (@UglyKidPep) August 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/aldredtj/status/894681881089802244
https://twitter.com/Duckers88/status/894828192783118336
https://twitter.com/Jordane2k17/status/894761357018505217
Good that we are going for young talent
— MentalMoles (@MentalMoles) August 7, 2017
Haksabanovic will hope to force his way into the West Ham first team and will be encouraged by the fact that Bilic has given youngsters a chance in the past.
The winger does have one international cap under his belt for Montenegro and is an exciting upcoming talent.
He was born in Sweden and has spent his club football there, but has pledge his international allegiance to Montenegro.
West Ham fans can expect a quick dribbler with an eye for goal from Haksabanovic, who ranked as the third-highest last season in the Swedish top flight for most fouled.