West Ham have signed Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson on a season-long loan.
The 22-year-old right-back has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs and decided to move across London for the approaching campaign.
Jenkinson, who joined the Gunners from Charlton in 2011 and earned his only England cap against Sweden 18 months later, becomes the Hammers' sixth summer signing joining Mauro Zarate, Enner Valencia, Cheikhou Kouyate, Aaron Cresswell and Diego Poyet.
The arrivals of Mathieu Debuchy and Calum Chambers effectively ended any hope the youngster had of breaking into Arsenal's first-team.
BREAKING: England full-back Carl Jenkinson has joined #WHUFC on a season-long loan from @Arsenal #WelcomeJenko pic.twitter.com/UsSda414ci
— West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) July 31, 2014
If I was being honest with myself, West Ham was always the place I wanted to go to
Carl Jenkinson
Jenkinson was delighted to make the switch to East London, he said: "I'm clearly seen as a big part of things here and hopefully I can prove my worth here because it is an important year for me.
"I was flattered to have a lot of options but deep down, if I was being honest with myself, West Ham was always the place I wanted to go to.
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— West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) July 31, 2014
"It's one of them where I wanted to do the right professional thing and consider all the options, but in the back of my mind it was always West Ham and I'm just so glad it's all worked out how I wanted it to in the end.
"It will be brilliant to play here. I've got a lot of friends who are West Ham fans and I know how good the supporters are here.
"You get a great atmosphere here and the fans are great, so I just can't wait to get a West Ham shirt on and get on the pitch and play."
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