Barcelona midfielder Alex Song has joined West Ham United on loan for the second season in a row.

The 27-year-old Cameroonian international, who returns from Barcelona, expressed his delight in joining the Hammers and revealed that he never felt like he has left the club after spending last season at Upton Park.

He told the club's official website: "I am very happy. For me, it was very important to come back because when I was here I had a great rapport with the fans and the Club.

"It was a very easy choice for me to come back here, and I'm very happy to be here.

"When I left I didn't know I would come back here. It was not easy but at the end of the day, the most important thing is I'm here now and I'm very happy.

"I feel at home, everything feels at home, for my family too, they're set up very well here. My kids are playing for West Ham academy.

"Everything was in a good place for me to come back here and I'm very happy to be here. It's a pleasure and it's like I never left here. I'm still here and I'm happy.

"This is a new year, new players have come in and we have the new manager. Everything is changing but the way that the Club wants to be, we have to look at the ambition of the Club and we have to finish better than we did last year."