West Ham United have announced that Ukraine international Andriy Yarmolenko has taken the number 7 shirt upon Marko Arnautovic’s departure.
The 29-year-old was handed the number 20 shirt upon his arrival from Borussia Dortmund last summer, but will now wear his favourite and international number for the Hammers henceforth after the Austrian left for China earlier this week.
West Ham fans on Twitter are delighted with the announcement, and here is how some of them reacted to it:
That’s a good sign let’s see what he all about this season getting a bigger role at the club
— kenzie mcilveney (@McilveneyKenzie) July 10, 2019
Yarmolenko was only able to feature in 10 games for the London Stadium outfit last term as a tear to his Achilles in October ruled him out for six months and the rest of 2018-19.