West Ham United have completed the signing of free agent Callum Wilson following his Newcastle United exit.
The Athletic reported earlier on Saturday that Wilson had completed a medical ahead of signing an agreed one-year deal with the east London club, which is heavily incentive-based.
The 33-year-old, who was won nine England caps, left Newcastle at the end of his contract on June 30 after the north east club decided against taking up the option to extend his deal. The parties held talks about a new contract that would have been slightly more incentive-based, but could not reach an agreement.
Wilson joined Newcastle from Bournemouth — where he played under Eddie Howe — in the summer of 2020 and scored 49 goals across in 130 appearances for the club.
The striker scored a career-best 18 Premier League goals in the 2022-23 campaign but his most recent two seasons have been disrupted by injury, and he has largely played a secondary role to top scorer Alexander Isak.
Wilson missed Newcastle’s first 15 matches of the season due to a back injury sustained in July. He appeared in four Premier League games before sustaining a hamstring injury in early December that ruled him out for almost two months. The nine-time England international finished the season with just one goal — against Birmingham City in the FA Cup — in 22 appearances in all competitions.
West Ham’s record Premier League goalscorer Michail Antonio left the club as a free agent at the end of his contract in June, leaving a vacancy at centre-forward in Graham Potter’s squad.
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