Former Hammer explains he left West Ham to win titles

Former Hammer Sofiane Feghouli says money is not important to him and he left West Ham to compete to win things like league titles. He took a pay cut to move to Turkey.

Feghouli joined Galatasaray for a reported €5.5m deal after just one season with West Ham.

The Algerian told the French media “First of all it’s not about money. I had already been making good money in England. They had been paying me well, but I realised I needed to compete for titles, I just decided it’s time to leave. So it’s not about money, it’s for the titles.”

Adding “At West Ham, I realised I wasn’t happy for a while. I needed to find a project like Valencia to compete for trophies, and I think I found it.”