West Ham have signed Leicester City goalkeeper Mads Hermansen for around £20m. The Denmark international has agreed a five-year deal with the Hammers with a one-year option, after a fee was agreed on Thursday following several weeks of talks between the clubs.

West Ham have signed Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen on a five-year deal, the Premier League club announced Saturday. Hermansen will compete with Alphonse Areola, 32, who played 26 times in the Premier League last season.

West Ham have announced the signing of Mads Hermansen from Leicester City. Hermansen has signed a five-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months. Standard Sport understands that the Hammers will pay the Foxes £18million for the Danish goalkeeper, who worked with West Ham’s goalkeeping coach Casper Ankergren at former club Brondby.