Luis Boa Morte has agreed a one-year contract extension with West Ham, tying him to the club until summer 2011.
The Portuguese winger has looked set to part company with the club at the end of last season as his existing three-and-a-half-year deal had ended.However the 31-year-old was somewhat surpringly offered an extended contract and it has just been confirmed that a deal has been struck.
Talking via whufc.com, Boa Morte said: "I am delighted to sign the contract and can't wait to get started. The new manager is going to play an attacking style and I hope to get involved in that. I am very happy to be at West Ham and look forward to scoring more goals and doing everything I can for the team.
"I did have more offers from other people but I wanted to stay here. When the season finished, a few clubs came to me about signing for them but West Ham believed in me and things are looking positive here. We have a new manager and I have seen he has done good things with Chelsea and Portsmouth, reaching major finals twice. The fans also had an impact on my decision to stay and I look forward to playing for them again."
Boa Morte - who openly criticised joint Chairman David Sullivan live on the BBC Match of the Day programme on the final day of last season - joined United in a £5million switch in January 2007 but saw much of his career at the Boleyn blighted by injury.
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