New West Ham United signing Craig Bellamy has shrugged off the latest round of criticism over his arrival at Upton Park.

The striker told whufc.com: "When I left Newcastle, they said I would never find a bigger club than Newcastle, and I went on to play for Celtic and Liverpool in a short space of time.

"There are always going to be people who have something negative to say about me but there is nothing I can do about them because most are not playing anymore and are just criticising from an armchair or TV studio.

"The only thing I can do anything about is my form on the pitch, and that's what I concentrate on."