{"id":1103400,"date":"2019-08-26T17:24:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T16:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1103400"},"modified":"2022-09-20T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T22:28:07","slug":"haller-west-ham-fans-good-books","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/haller-west-ham-fans-good-books\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It&#8217;s not the money we play for&#8221;: Haller goes straight into West Ham fans&#8217; good books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sebastien Haller says he is not playing for the money after opening his West Ham account in their 3-1 victory over Watford.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old French marksman relocated to east London from Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer for a club-record fee of \u00a340.7m.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7349082-liverpool-s-new-signing-the-unsung-norwich-city-heroes-propping-up-the-pukki-party<\/p>\n<p>Prior to visiting Vicarage Road on Saturday, he&#8217;d made his debut in the Hammers&#8217; opening weekend 5-0 humbling at the hands of champions Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>An injury sustained in that game saw Haller miss the 1-1 draw at Brighton &amp; Hove Albion in matchweek two, but he was back to face Watford, and made the first real impact of his West Ham career.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the line for Manuel Pellegrini&#8217;s team, Haller bagged himself a brace, scoring twice after Andre Gray had levelled the game following an early Mark Noble penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally to supporters, this was a star-being-born-moment and there&#8217;s excitement for upcoming games against newly-promoted sides Norwich City (h) and Aston Villa (a), plus Man Utd (h).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking afterwards, the former FC Utrecht forward couldn&#8217;t hide his pride, telling supporters he&#8217;s not here to make a quick buck and move along down the road.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aaron Wan-Bissaka Explained! 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