David Martin is grateful for the three seasons he had with West Ham as the goalkeeper departs this summer.

The lifelong Hammer and son of Club legend Alvin, the goalkeeper grew up at the Boleyn Ground and Chadwell Heath as a child before returning in 2019 following a long and productive career in the Football League with the likes of Leicester City and MK Dons.

Martin told whufc.com: “Obviously West Ham is a Club I was born into. I was a bit worried, actually, when I first signed three years ago, as while I was buzzing to be back the first time walk through the door, there was almost a little bit of apprehension in thinking 'Will it really live up to what I expect it to be', but I think it's done that and then some!

“To see what the Club is actually like from the inside, it's massively overdone my estimations, so it's been a privilege to be here for three years and what I have experienced in those three years has just been unbelievable."

“I've genuinely loved it. I've loved not just the dressing room, which I will say is probably, in my maybe 20-year career, has been the best dressing room I think I've been in. But it's just all the staff that don't get all the limelight – the groundstaff, guys in the kitchen, the media guys... It's a Club pulling in the right direction and I'm so proud that I've actually been able to be lucky enough to see that from the inside."