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New Hammer's not Pants

19 Aug 2006 - 12:15:51

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West Ham new recruit John Paintsil is hoping that he can impress the club's fans and get them to spell his name right by the end of the season.

The 25-year-old Ghana international right-back has moved to Upton Park for £1million from Israeli side Hapoel Tel-Aviv, despite the Premiership club seemingly not knowing how to spell the name of their new recruit.

Paintsil said: "On my shirt, in the papers, on everything I see and even in my contract, I'm always called Pantsil, but my name is Paintsil.

"They always forget I have an 'I' in my name.

"It's very frustrating, but I will try not to get upset because I have only just arrived at West Ham.

"But my aim for this season is to make sure the fans spell my name right."