Mido is happy with the £1,000-a-week deal he's signed with West Ham United.

Mido insists he turned down three far more lucrative offers and snubbed a whopping £400,000 signing-on fee at another club before making his loan move from Championship side Middlesbrough in the January transfer window.

The Egypt striker told the News of the World: "I agreed I would play for a grand a week, which I know will make me one of the poorest-paid players in the League.

"But, to be honest, I didn't consider the money at all.

"Sometimes you have to look to the future and I believe I am investing in myself. It's true I am losing a lot because I am on loan from Middlesbrough and I should be on £48,000 a week.

"It's a massive drop and my mother was very angry with me for agreeing to it.

"But I've made mistakes in the past and I know it is the right decision for me now.

"I've earned a lot of money over the past few years and now I've got a point to prove to myself and the West Ham supporters."