Henry welcomes new players to the club
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The transfer window has been just as busy as expected at Liberty Stadium, with chairman Thierry Henry signing as many as 15 new players so far in the transfer window. Six young players from Fulham has already been confirmed, and today it is time for nine new names to be presented.
Nacer Chadli is the biggest name, as the left winger signs from Tottenham. Three other wingers are also joining the club; Callum McManaman from Everton, Pablo Sarabia from Getafe and Lee Chung-Young on a free transfer from Bolton. The offensive midfielder Alberto Bueno signs from Rayo Vallecano and Icelandic international striker Kolbeinn Sigporsson joins the club from Ajax. Costa Rica international goalkeeper Keylor Navas comes on a free transfer from Levante, and wingback Emerson joins from Brazilian club Santos. Further, Henry also signed another youngster, in american U20 international goalie Les Bradley.
Thierry Henry commented his transfer signings like this:
"I am delighted to bring in a large number of new players to the squad. The whole board is confident this will help the club getting back into the top half of the Premier League already this season, as well as building for the future."
On the other side of the transfer net, midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has signed for Arsenal in a deal believed to be worth around 8m. Graham Dorrans has left the club to join Wolverhampton, and as confirmed before Ben Davies has left the club for Fulham, leaving Swansea with a positive transfer net.
Asked about the search for a new manager and the rest of the transfer window, Henry revealed some more news:
"We have agreed a deal with a manager, who will be presented in the next couple of days. My transfer dealings are therefor over, and I will hand over the responsibility for further transfers to the new manager."