{"id":1856,"date":"2026-08-08T18:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:31:34","slug":"west-ham-confirm-the-signing-of-joel-veltman-the-project-here-really-excites-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856","title":{"rendered":"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

West Ham have completed the signing of free agent Joel Veltman after he departed Brighton.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veltman<\/a> was offered a new deal by the Seagulls<\/a> this summer but opted to move on as he departed the side as a free agent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 34-year-old played 165 Premier League matches and spent six seasons with Brighton where he showed qualities that the Hammers<\/a> are keen to add to their promotion pushing side ahead of the new season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veltman had been training with Jong Ajax<\/a> in recent weeks to keep sharp and has now put pen to paper with West Ham this week as he revealed how happy he is to join the now Championship side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted to have signed, and I can\u2019t wait to get started. The project here really excites me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI spoke to Nuno (Esp\u00edrito Santo), as well as my family and my agent, and everything added up. We know that West Ham need to be in the Premier League, and for sure that is our goal for the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I bring my experience, my winning mentality and togetherness. I bring leadership – I\u2019ve been the captain at Ajax, and I enjoy talking to my teammates and using my experience to help the squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so excited to give everything, to meet my new teammates and to see all the supporters too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports state Veltman also received offers from French side RC Strasbourg and Brazilian club Botafogo but it was West Ham who tempted him to stay in England and fight in the Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the departures of Crysencio Summerville<\/a> and Mateus Fernandes, West Ham boss Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo continues to rebuild a West Ham side who are tipped to shoot back up to the English top flight next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Ham have completed the signing of free agent Joel Veltman after he departed Brighton. Veltman was offered a new deal by the Seagulls this summer but opted to move on as he departed the side as a free agent.  The 34-year-old played 165 Premier League matches and spent six seasons with Brighton where he showed qualities that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nWest Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me! - Daybreak Newspaper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me! - Daybreak Newspaper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"West Ham have completed the signing of free agent Joel Veltman after he departed Brighton. Veltman was offered a new deal by the Seagulls this summer but opted to move on as he departed the side as a free agent.  The 34-year-old played 165 Premier League matches and spent six seasons with Brighton where he showed qualities that […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daybreak Newspaper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:31:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:31:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"445\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daybreak Website\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daybreak Website\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Daybreak Website\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d886fc91a0a5f36f7dccc03c3a5e108\"},\"headline\":\"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me!\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-08T18:31:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-08T18:31:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856\",\"name\":\"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me! - Daybreak Newspaper\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-08T18:31:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-08T18:31:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png\",\"width\":668,\"height\":445},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?p=1856#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daybreak Newspaper\",\"description\":\"Day Break Newspaper\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daybreak Newspaper\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Print-new-visual.jpg.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Print-new-visual.jpg.jpeg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":238,\"caption\":\"Daybreak Newspaper\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d886fc91a0a5f36f7dccc03c3a5e108\",\"name\":\"Daybreak Website\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/827c265fa1ef83e41f314c342204c12cbbd86caddbfeae34b2bbd70cf6af5aa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/827c265fa1ef83e41f314c342204c12cbbd86caddbfeae34b2bbd70cf6af5aa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/827c265fa1ef83e41f314c342204c12cbbd86caddbfeae34b2bbd70cf6af5aa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Daybreak Website\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me! - Daybreak Newspaper","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me! - Daybreak Newspaper","og_description":"West Ham have completed the signing of free agent Joel Veltman after he departed Brighton. Veltman was offered a new deal by the Seagulls this summer but opted to move on as he departed the side as a free agent.  The 34-year-old played 165 Premier League matches and spent six seasons with Brighton where he showed qualities that […]","og_url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856","og_site_name":"Daybreak Newspaper","article_published_time":"2026-08-08T18:31:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T18:31:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":668,"height":445,"url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Daybreak Website","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Daybreak Website","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856"},"author":{"name":"Daybreak Website","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d886fc91a0a5f36f7dccc03c3a5e108"},"headline":"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me!","datePublished":"2026-08-08T18:31:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T18:31:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856"},"wordCount":328,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png","articleSection":["News","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856","url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856","name":"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me! - Daybreak Newspaper","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png","datePublished":"2026-08-08T18:31:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T18:31:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_2026-08-08_183110547.png","width":668,"height":445},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?p=1856#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"West Ham confirm the signing of Joel Veltman: The project here really excites me!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/","name":"Daybreak Newspaper","description":"Day Break Newspaper","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#organization","name":"Daybreak Newspaper","url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Print-new-visual.jpg.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Print-new-visual.jpg.jpeg","width":1920,"height":238,"caption":"Daybreak Newspaper"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d886fc91a0a5f36f7dccc03c3a5e108","name":"Daybreak Website","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/827c265fa1ef83e41f314c342204c12cbbd86caddbfeae34b2bbd70cf6af5aa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/827c265fa1ef83e41f314c342204c12cbbd86caddbfeae34b2bbd70cf6af5aa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/827c265fa1ef83e41f314c342204c12cbbd86caddbfeae34b2bbd70cf6af5aa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Daybreak Website"},"url":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daybreaknewspapersl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}