KIERON Dyer has completed his on-off move from Newcastle to West Ham.

The midfielder, keen to leave St James' Park to be closer to his family, saw the deal stall earlier this month.

West Ham had agreed a fee for the 28-year-old, but the deal hit the buffers when the Magpies decided to up their valuation of the player from around £6 million to nearer £8 million.

Hammers boss Alan Curbishley said: "We did the medical and everything else 10 days ago, and its not too late for Saturday. He has been training and playing games - and we will see how he is.

"Newcastle changed it at the last minute; he was just walking in the door, so that was disappointing. But common sense has prevailed, and Kieron is looking forward to joining us.

We are delighted to get the player in. If you look at his history over the last couple of years he missed a lot of games with his hamstring - but once he got it sorted, he played 33 games and scored eight goals.''