Algerian Sofiane Feghouli has given a glimpse of reasons why he finally left the Hammers after a mediocre spell at the club.

Tonight he is set to appear in Galatasaray’s Champions League against Paris St Germain in Turkey but has been moved to discuss his Hammers spell.

Signed by Slaven Bilic from Valencia after he had spent  a period on loan at Almeria – he endured a tough start to life with us and eventually drew as much  criticism as praise during his spell at the club.

He was forced to spend a month on the sidelines at the start of the 2016/17 season with a hamstring injury and despite finally making 21 appearances really didn’t reach anything like his potential..

But there was clearly much going on behind the scenes and he has given a glimpse of the issues he was suffering as he tried to make a name for himself in the Premier League.

He made what sounds like his Great Escape in 2017 when he got a move to Galatasaray where he has since scored 15 goals in 56 appearances according to Wikipedia.

But that he has given an insight into his problems at the Hammers with Actu Foot. two years on demonstrates the extent to which they must have played on his mind

“I swapped for them because I liked their project and the desire to win titles, something that I had not done so far. So, I just agreed to it.”