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British media reported that West Ham paid a fee in the region of
13 million pounds ($15.36 million) for Emerson, who was part of
the Italy team that lifted the European Championship last year.
The 28-year-old, who moved to Chelsea from AS Roma in 2018,
could never establish himself as a regular at Stamford Bridge
and spent last season on loan at French outfit Olympique
Lyonnais. He made 71 appearances in all competitions for
Chelsea.
"It's a big challenge for me, it's a big team, so I'm very happy
to be here and I'm ready," Emerson told the West Ham website.
Emerson becomes West Ham's seventh new signing and joins them
with David Moyes's side sitting bottom of the league table
following defeats in their opening three games.
"He is an experienced player with a good pedigree... he will
give us strong competition in defensive areas and brings a
winning mentality that we are looking to build here at West
Ham," said Moyes.
West Ham travel to Danish side Viborg for the second leg of
their Europa Conference League playoff on Thursday. They won the
home leg 3-1.
($1 = 0.8461 pounds)
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
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