West Ham have completed the signing of England striker Andy Carroll from Liverpool for a club-record £15m. The 24-year-old cost Liverpool £35m and has been on loan at West Ham since 2012, scoring seven times in 24 games.

"It's fantastic for me to be here. I really enjoyed last season, and that shows in me coming back and making it permanent," Carroll said.

The former Newcastle player added: "The fans, the lads and the club itself have been great to me, and what I wanted to do was come back here and play football.

"Since the end of the season I've had a lot of time to think, I've missed it and that's why I'm back.

"Getting promoted the season before last, then finishing where we did - we did great, and it can only get better for us.

"The way the club's being run, obviously getting the new stadium and everything like that, it's only going up."