---
title: "West Ham accidentally announce signing of Simone Zaza"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/08/27/west-ham-accidentally-announce-signing-simone-zaza/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-08-27T21:53:57Z"
modified: "2016-08-27T21:56:22Z"
---

# West Ham accidentally announce signing of Simone Zaza

West Ham have inadvertently announced the signing of Simone Zaza on a season-long loan from Juventus – by [publishing an interview](https://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2016/August/27-August/Ogbonna-Zaza-is-my-friend-and-will-be-a-great-sign) with Angelo Ogbonna about his arrival.

His arrival hasn’t ‘officially’ been announced by West Ham, nor have Juventus ‘officially’ confirmed his departure, but the above piece says for certain that Zaza has joined the club.

> Twitter: Whoops…
>
> Cat’s out the bag, @WestHamUtd! #WHUFC [https://t.co/Cx3Bvaq8Kv](https://t.co/Cx3Bvaq8Kv) (@ReadWestHam)

‘Zaza became the ninth major signing of the summer when he completed a season-long loan from Juventus and looks set to make his first appearance against Watford on 10 September.’ read the Official Site.

The deal is a season-long loan with an option to buy next summer. Zaza made just 19 appearances for Juventus last season following his move from Sassuolo, scoring 5 goals.

Having missed out on Bacca, Lacazette, Batshuayi and God knows how many other strikers, West Ham finally land their marquee signing.

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**Update:** West Ham have now removed the Ogbonna interview on their site, but not before social media got their hands on it!