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Aston Villa midfielder Snodgrass slams West Ham: Broken promises, dishonesty

Aston Villa midfielder Robert Snodgrass has taken a fresh swipe at West Ham boss Slaven Bilic.

The Scotland winger joined Championship club Aston Villa on loan last week having made just eight starts since joining the Hammers in a £10million deal from Hull in January.

But Snodgrass says he was concerned about Bilic's plans for him as early as his debut.

"I was coming on against Manchester City and he said, 'Where do you want to play, on the left or right?'," Snodgrass recalled.

"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 very strange. That was my debut. And every time I played I was on the left. I don't know why he did it.

"I came in as (Dimitri) Payet had left and maybe it was a case of 'you can play there', but I'd only filled in on the left a couple of times. I'm not a left midfielder. I hate that position, I don't like it.

"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.

"When I eventually did speak to him I said, 'You obviously signed me for that type of money and that you must have watched and seen that I wasn't a left midfielder'.

"His answer was basically that when people are confident they can play anywhere. That wasn't the case for me."

Snodgrass added: "There were a lot of different things involved. There was a lot of broken promises, a lot of dishonesty and I thought this is not what I am about."

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