Hull City have announced the signing of winger Martin Samuelsen from West Ham on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee.

Samuelsen joined West Ham from Manchester City's youth side back in June 2015, and having made two appearances for the club in Europa League qualifying last season, the Norwegian has since found first-team opportunities hard to come by with the Hammers.

The winger has instead spent the majority of his time since then elsewhere on loan, which includes time in the Football League with Peterborough United, Blackburn Rovers and Burton Albion, as well as spells in Holland and Norway with VVV Venlo and Haugesund respectively.

In total, the winger has made 97 appearances across his career so far, scoring 19 goals in that time.

The next phase of that career will now be spent at the KCOM Stadium, with Samuelsen putting pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal, with the club holding the option of extending that contract by a further 12 months.

Speaking to Hull's official website following confirmation of the move, Samuelsen said: “I’m really excited to be here. It was an easy decision to join Hull City, especially so with the Club’s recent history."

The winger was also keen to stress the importance the opportunity of once again working with manager Grant McCann played in completing this move, with the winger - who played under the Tigers boss at Peterborough - adding: “The manager was also a big factor. I know him well from my time on loan at Peterborough earlier in my career.

"He was a big influence on me during my time there and I’m looking forward to working with him again. I can’t wait to get going.”

Hull are currently 11th in the Championship standings, three points adrift of the play-offs, and are next in action when they travel to Pride Park to face Derby County on Saturday, where Samuelsen could make his debut.

The Verdict

This is an interesting one.

While his recruitment by clubs such as Manchester City and West Ham does highlight Samuelsen's potential, the fact he previously struggled to make an impact in the Championship with Blackburn and Burton may be a slight concern for Hull fans here.

It is worth noting however, that that was several years ago now, and the Norwegian, who it should be remembered is still only 22 now, is likely to have developed and matured as a player since then.

Indeed, given he will want to put those past spells to bed, Samuelsen will surely be determined to up his game now in order to do so, something which Hull themselves could be the beneficiaries of.