New Hammers keeper Roberto – having signed a two years Hammers deal – is all set to fulfill his ambitions under a man who management style he admires – Maneil Pellegrini.

He became our first summer signing and recalls the Hammers boss from the days when when he lined up against Real Madrid for Zaragosa in 2010 and on various other occasions.

And he told www.whufc.com: “I like Manuel Pellegrini’s style of football. I like it because every year the goalkeeper takes more importance in the team.

“In modern football, it’s very good news that the coaches decide to involve the goalkeepers in the game and make us feel more inside the game, rather than apart from it or in a different kind of game. I am looking forward to this kind of football, so I will try to help a lot.”

Roberto is also relishing the prospect of working with his new goalkeeper coach and compatriot Xavi Valero, who has developed a reputation for being one of the world’s very best in his specialist role.

“I think everyone knows his reputation so nothing I can say in words can show this more than the results,” he said of a coach who has worked with some of the world’s best goalkeepers at Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Napoli and Real Madrid, before joining the Hammers in summer 2018.

“He did very well last season and he’s doing very well in every team he is working for, so I am sure he is going to keep doing it like this.”