West Ham flop says he was utterly bemused by Slaven Bilic’s comments after he signed

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Robert Snodgrass hits out at West Ham manager Slaven Bilic.

Robert Snodgrass clinched an exit from West Ham last week, moving on loan to Aston Villa.

It brought to an end an unhappy few months in east London, and Snodgrass believes he was up against it from day one.

Speaking to The Mail, Snodgrass has hit out at Hammers manager Slaven Bilic, suggesting he had no idea of how to best utilise him.

He said: “I was coming on against Manchester City and he said, ‘Where do you want to play, on the left or right?’,’ Snodgrass recalled.

“I thought, ‘You’ve just signed me and I’ve played on the right or behind the striker at Hull City all season. I found it very strange. That was my debut. And every time I played I was on the left. I don’t know why he did it.”

Snodgrass added that he refused the chance to stay, and was attracted by the chance to work with his former Hull boss Steve Bruce, at new club Aston Villa.

He said: “I wanted to work with Steve Bruce again. At West Ham, he (Bilic) wanted me to play cup games to try and impress but I said I’d done it at international level and Premier League and there was no way on earth I was staying to play cup games.”

Snodgrass missed an entire season in 2014/15 with a serious knee injury and it is understandable he would not want to effectively waste another campaign.

He was not a popular player among West Ham fans, who did not see the best out of him. Snodgrass’ suggestion that he was played out of position offers some explanation for his underwhelming displays.

Bilic is no certainty to still be West Ham manager next season the way things are going, but if he is, then it’s unlikely Snodgrass will ever play for the club again.