Former Arsenal and Machester City attacker, Samir Nasri is hoping to get his career back on track as he signs for West Ham United on an initial deal until the end of the season.

The two-time Premier League winner has signed with the Hammers following a successful period training with the club and his move includes an option to extend his stay further.

Nasri reunites with West Ham boss Manuel
Pellegrini on the day the former France international completed an 18-month doping ban. He is available to play again from January 1.

— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) December 31, 2018 “You choose a club because of the ambition, and I think that West Ham has everything to be one of the
biggest clubs in London, for sure,” Nasri, who has been without a club since leaving Turkish side Antalyaspor in January, said.

“I mean, 60,000 people every game at home, we play in the Olympic Stadium. The training ground is there and you have owners who want to invest and have a good team. Everything is there to be doing
great things.

Coming back to the most competitive
league in the world, with a team full of
ambition with a manager that I know.
It’s the best job in the world, and I’m really excited about it.

Samir Nasri “Coming back to the most competitive league in the world, with a team full of ambition with a manager that I know. It’s the best job in the world, and I’m really excited about it.”

Pellegrini had expressed his desire to bring Nasri to the club should the 31-year-old prove his fitness and the Chilean is delighted to welcome the player, who won the Premier League title with him at Manchester City in 2014.

“He is a player I obviously know well from our time together at Manchester City and I am happy to be working with him again,” Pellegrini said.

Samir will give us another dimension in
our attacking play.

Manuel Pellegrini “He has been working very hard here in recent weeks to build up his fitness and condition after a long period without playing, and he is now very
determined to return to his best.

“Samir will give us another dimension in our attacking play. He is a very technical player, with excellent quality on the ball, and the ability to create big moments in important matches.

“He already has very good experience of the Premier League and we hope that he will have a positive impact on the team between now and the end of the season.”
Nasri won the Premier League with Pellegrini at City in 2014 Nasri arrived in English football with Arsenal in 2008 and spent three seasons under Arsene Wenger prior to joining Manchester City, before he was sent on loan to Sevilla following the arrival of PepGuardiola.

In February 2018 he was banned from football by UEFA following an investigation into the intravenous drip treatment he received at a Los Angeles clinic, which was in breach of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s rules.