It’s confirmed. Robert Snodgrass is officially a West Ham United player, and I for one could not be more pleased. He oozes quality, he’s incredibly skillful, and what’s more, scores more than his fair share of goals. He is also quite capable of scoring the kind of free kicks which Payet specialises, sorry, specialised in. Forget talk of a £10 million fee. It’s £6 million with add ons. The only way £10 million could be achieved is if we qualified for the Champions League.
I understand the intention is for Snodgrass to play on the right, allowing Antonio to move up front alongside Andy Carroll. I’m sure Sofiane Feghouli will be disappointed by this signing, but I suspect he will be the only one. Nothing wrong with a big of competition, is there.
Robert Snodgrass has been speaking to WHUFC.com…
“I’m delighted because this is a massive Club with great tradition. This is the sort of Club which speaks for itself, the fans who come here and support week-in week-out and moving to and selling out this new stadium is terrific and I want to be part of it. The owners and the manager are trying to build something here and I just can’t wait to get started. I feel this is a Club with real ambition, with the new stadium, great players and a manager of his calibre at Premier League level. The lads will say we want to be up in the top half of last table and repeat last year, so it’s up to us. The Club has had a few good weeks with results and if I can add to that, great. I’m just looking forward to meeting my new teammates and getting started. The traditions of the Club also attracted me and I spoke to Frank McAvennie, who sold the Club really well, which was great," he said. “Ray Stewart and Christian Dailly were also here, so if I can do as well as Frank and the rest that would be great. This is my own chapter and it’s about me and not them and I firmly believe in my ability and that I can go and get a relationship with these fans and my new teammates and really drive the team up the league.”
Snodgrass has played 21 times for Scotland, scoring 6 goals. He has played 371 league games, scoring 78 goals, a ratio of a goal every 4.75 games.