{"id":2254411,"date":"2026-01-28T12:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2254411"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:55:30","slug":"traore-joins-west-ham-and-says-movie-taught-him-about-passion-of-the-clubs-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/traore-joins-west-ham-and-says-movie-taught-him-about-passion-of-the-clubs-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Traor\u00e9 joins West Ham and says movie taught him about passion of the club&#8217;s fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>LONDON<\/strong> \u2013 Spain winger Adama Traor\u00e9 switched London clubs on Wednesday by joining West Ham from Fulham \u2014 and said a movie about his new team taught him about the passion of its fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI\u2019ve been seeing West Ham for a long time,&#8221; the 30-year-old Traor\u00e9 said. \u201cIt\u2019s a massive club, a massive fanbase. I\u2019ve been watching since I was young, when I watched a film about West Ham. I know about the fans and how much passion they have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Traor\u00e9 was likely talking about \u201cGreen Street,\u201d a fictional 2005 movie that explored the culture of hooliganism in English soccer through a fan group linked to West Ham. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Green Street was the name of a road leading up to West Ham&#8217;s old stadium, Upton Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The club now plays at the Olympic Stadium, where Traor\u00e9 will be united again with West Ham manager Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo. They previously worked together at Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The powerful right winger came through Barcelona&#8217;s academy and has already played for four English teams \u2014 Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Wolves and Fulham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cHe will give us a different option in attacking areas,&#8221; Nuno said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">AP soccer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.click2houston.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2013 Spain winger Adama Traor\u00e9 switched London clubs on Wednesday by joining West Ham from Fulham \u2014 and said a movie about his new team taught him about the passion of its fans. \u201cI\u2019ve been seeing West Ham for a long time,&#8221; the 30-year-old Traor\u00e9 said. \u201cIt\u2019s a massive club, a massive fanbase. 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