(Reuters) - West Ham United have signed free agent Samir Nasri until the end of the campaign with the French midfielder having completed an 18-month doping ban, the Premier League side said on Monday. The former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder had been training with the Hammers since last month and is free to resume playing from Jan. 1. "You choose a club and a project because of the ambition, and I think that West Ham has everything to be one of the biggest clubs in London," Nasri told West Ham's website. "Coming back to the most competitive league in the world, with a team full of ambition with a manager that I know. West Ham have the option to extend the 31-year-old's deal by a year, the club added.

Source: The Star December 31, 2018 17:48 UTC