West Ham sign Poland goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski from Swansea

West Ham United have continued to bolster their rearguard by signing Lukasz Fabianski for an undisclosed fee from Swansea City.

The Poland goalkeeper has joined on a three-year deal after Swansea’s relegation from the Premier League and is a replacement for Joe Hart, whose disappointing loan spell from Manchester City has ended. Fabianski is expected to compete with Adrián for the goalkeeper’s position.

The 33-year-old, who is in Russia for the World Cup but did not play in Poland’s 2-1 defeat by Senegal on Tuesday, is West Ham’s second signing in as many days as the club’s rebuilding for a first season under Manuel Pellegrini continues apace. On Tuesday they broke their transfer record with the £22m capture of the France under-21 centre-back Issa Diop. Pellegrini has also signed the full-back Ryan Fredericks from Fulham this summer.

“West Ham is a massive club so I’m really happy to be joining at such an exciting time,” said Fabianski, who was voted Swansea’s player of the year last season. “I will do my best on and off the pitch to help the team to achieve the best results possible and can’t wait to start this new chapter of my career.”

Mario Husillos, West Ham’s new director of football, said: “Lukasz is an experienced and established Premier League goalkeeper, with great quality that he has shown at both domestic and international level. He fits perfectly the mould of the modern goalkeeper, with excellent agility, presence and distribution, and will bring strong competition to the position.”

Leicester seal Maddison move, Huddersfield sign Bacuna

Leicester have completed the £24m signing of James Maddison from Norwich. The attacking midfielder has signed a five-year deal at the King Power Stadium.

“I’m really happy to be here,” Maddison told Leicester’s official website. “I had a good chat with the manager about football and how he wants me to play, how he likes to play and I was sold. I haven’t looked back since that phone call.”

“Leicester just seems like the right fit for me,” the England Under-21 international added. “I’ve got a good feel about the club and I can’t ignore that, in my head and my heart. I’m delighted and can’t wait to get started.”

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Claude Puel, the Leicester manager, said: “James is a wonderful player who is one of the most exciting young talents in English football. He’s a young player who can create things in the attacking third. He has good ability and also good potential to develop even more, which is exciting for the team and for the supporters.”

Huddersfield have signed the midfielder Juninho Bacuna from Dutch side Groningen for an undisclosed fee. The 20 year old, a Netherlands U-21 international, has agreed a three-year contract with the Premier League club.

Arsenal appear to be edging closer to the signing of Lucas Torreira. The club have already agreed a £26.4m (€30m) deal to sign the Sampdoria midfielder and Arsenal were discussing personal terms with the Uruguayan’s representatives in Milan last Tuesday.

On Tuesday night, the Serie A side’s president, Massimo Ferrero, suggested Unai Emery’s third summer signing was a done deal. “Torreira has left for €30m,” he said, speaking to Sportitalia. “I bought him from Pescara when no one believed. We bet and we won, paying just €3m. The money that comes in is used to keep the club going.”

Gareth McAuley, Claudio Yacob and Boaz Myhill will leave West Brom at the end of the month. The trio’s contracts will not be renewed after the Baggies were relegated from the Premier League last season.

James Morrison, who is also out of contract but missed a large part of the campaign through injury, is due to report back for pre-season training on Monday.