Ben Haim joins Hammers on loan

West Ham have signed Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim on loan until January.

The 28-year-old, who has been reunited with former Pompey manager Avram Grant, is the Hammers’ fourth summer signing.

Ben Haim joins German midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger, Mexican winger Pablo Barrera and French forward Frederic Piquionne in moving to Upton Park.

West Ham have promised their summer spending is not over.

The club hope to complete the signing of a “young international who represented their country to distinction at the World Cup” this week.