Danny Ings is expected to be available to face Everton on Saturday.
The striker's move to West Ham United has now been completed and the club has said he was registered in time to make his debut tomorrow, with official confirmation of this anticipated later on Friday. The 30-year-old has joined the Hammers for an undisclosed fee and signed a contract until the summer of 2025.
David Moyes is now set to be able to call on him for the crucial game at the London Stadium, with both sides currently in the relegation zone and both managers under pressure as a result.
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Everton had been linked with interest in Ings at the beginning of the January transfer window, with boosting Frank Lampard's firepower the key priority this month. However Ings, who has been prolific against Everton through his career and who scored against the Blues for Aston Villa earlier this season, is now set to help West Ham's survival push after joining on a deal reported to be worth around £15m.
Lampard, responding to questions surrounding Ings in his pre-West Ham press conference, said: “He is a fantastic striker, a really good striker and I've always had a lot of admiration for Danny as a player and a lad, I don’t know him that well, but he seems like a real team lad. He is someone we will have to be very aware of because he is a top striker.” Asked whether Ings was someone he would have liked to bring to Everton, Lampard said: “He’s a top striker.”
Confirmation of the deal that takes Ings to London means Everton and Leicester City are the only sides in the bottom eight yet to complete a signing this month - though Leicester are said to be close to a deal for Danish defender Victor Kristiansen and Everton are in a two-way battle for the signature of Villarreal winger Arnaut Danjuma.
Announcing the Ings deal, West Ham today said: "All paperwork was submitted ahead of the midday deadline for the player to be eligible for tomorrow’s Premier League fixture against Everton at London Stadium and the club expects it will receive formal confirmation this afternoon."
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