ROBERT SNODGRASS admitted last night he heard alarm bells ringing on his West Ham debut.

The Scotland star swapped Hull City for the London Stadium in a deadlone day move last January.

He was signed to fill the gap left by the departing Dmitri Payet, who moved to Marseille for £10m.

But Snodgrass instinctively felt he’d made the wrong move after he was played out of position by Hammers boss Slaven Bilic on his first game.

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He said: “I realised from the off that it wasn’t going to happen,” said Snodgrass.

“I was coming on against Manchester City and he [Bilic] said ‘where do you want to play, on the left or right?’ 

“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 strange,” he added. “That was my debut. And every time I played I was on the left. 

“Alarm bells were ringing right away. I don’t know why he did it. I came in just as Payet left and maybe it was a case of ‘you can play there’ but I’d only filled in on the left on a couple of times. 

“He probably thought he was on to a winner but I hate that position. 

“When you’re Scottish you’re brought up to play anywhere and it’s fine to play for one or two games, but you need to play in your right position, especially on the back of scoring nine goals for Hull City. 

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“At that stage nobody had scored more goals for Hull, or for West Ham.”
Snodgrass bowed out of the London club when he moved to Aston Villa in the summer and has accused the the Hammers hierarchy of ‘broken promises’.

He added:“I enjoyed every second at West Ham with the lads. But there were a lot of broken promises, a lot of dishonesty and that is not what I’m about. 

“I want to wear my heart on my sleeve and be loyal. What you see is what you get. 

“If that isn’t the same the other way then I don’t want to be part of it.”