West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce is proud of their deal for Liverpool striker Andy Carroll.

Despite a hamstring injury on debut, Carroll was outstanding in victory over Fulham.

Big Sam gushed: "He is a quality centre- forward and he is our No 1. Hopefully, we can play to his strength and he can help us do what we want to do - and that is winning as many football matches as we can. I hope we can provide him with the service to score lots and lots of goals.

"I think you could say this was a dream transfer window for me.

"It's a gruelling task finding the right players. You get to the summer break when everyone wants far too much for the players you want. You get to pre-season and they are still asking far more than what you can afford. Then you get to the last-minute, panic stations sets in and it gets a bit cheaper.

"But Karren Brady, David Sullivan, David Gold and myself have really gone to town and pressed the button on a lot of things we wanted to do."