It's fantastic to be back! Carroll signs £100,000-a-week deal at West Ham (which could be extended to EIGHT years)

Andy Carroll is looking forward to a bright future with West Ham after completing a permanent move to the east London club.

The striker spent last season on loan at Upton Park from Liverpool and passed a medical on Tuesday before putting pen to paper on a six-year, £100,000-a-week deal which could be extended by a further two years.

Carroll will cost the Hammers a record £15.5million, which represents a £20m loss for the Anfield club who signed the England international from Newcastle in 2011.