Alvaro Arbeloa has likened leaving Real Madrid to falling from heaven but he says he is happy to have landed at West Ham.
Asked why he picked the Hammers by Spanish radio Cope, Arbeloa said: ‘I thought about it long and hard this summer but West Ham is a club that suits me in all ways – the coach, the fans, the stadium, the city.
'It’s difficult when you leave Madrid. It’s like when you leave heaven, it’s difficult to pick a new place on earth but this option is is right for me. At Madrid you have the very best of everything.