Former Hammer Robert Green says he is looking forward to making his return to the Boleyn Ground this weekend.
34-year-old Green spent six seasons at West Ham between 2006 and 2012 before a contract dispute led to his departure from the club.However the former England international admitted today that he was looking forward to returning to his old stomping ground.
“It’s nice to go back to somewhere that was my club for six years," he told qpr.co.uk. "I loved it and everyone there was good to me. I played there for six years and then I felt it was time to move on and took on a new challenge with QPR.
“Winning at Old Trafford in my first season [at West Ham] to stay up on the last day has got to be up there as one of my best moments. My last game, which was winning in the play-off final, was a great day for me and for everybody at the club."
Green, who made a total of 241 appearances for the Hammers also maintained that his current and former clubs were of a similar stature. "There’s similarities in ownership and ambition of looking to move on but they feel like very different clubs," he mused.
"They’ve both got fantastic attributes but in very different ways. West Ham are moving to a new ground and QPR are looking to do the same. QPR are competing with Chelsea, Fulham and Brentford for fans and there’s lots of derby games.
"On the other side of London you either support West Ham or Spurs, perhaps even Orient - but you wouldn’t put them in the same bracket."
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