West Ham United hero John Moncur admits he chose the Irons over a move to Chelsea.

Moncur left Swindon Town for the Irons in 1994.

“Chelsea wanted me," he revealed to whufc.co.uk. “And they were the first club to agree a fee with Swindon. Newcastle were also interested, but nothing came of that.

“Funnily enough, I was just about to go on holiday. The season was finished, and I went to see the Swindon manager, John Gormon, and I told him I knew Chelsea was interested and I wanted to move on.

“He told me then that same morning that West Ham had come in for me and the clubs were going to try and do a deal. It was both a bonus and a shock, because I had no inkling at all that West Ham might be interested.

“I went to Italy for two weeks and while I was there, Swindon agreed deals with both clubs, and I had to speak to Chelsea and West Ham when I got back.

“It was great for me. I wanted to move back to London, and I had two London clubs to speak to. It was just a matter of where I was going to go."