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Danny Ings says his move to West Ham is his “easiest transition yet”, but he did not expect to leave Aston Villa in the January transfer window.
The striker made the move to London two months ago, having spent 18 months at Villa Park, as the Hammers fight against relegation from the Premier League in one of the tightest races in recent seasons.
The 30-year-old described how the move was completed in just 48 hours.
“I didn’t actually expect to leave. At Villa, although I was doing well, I wasn’t finding myself playing week in, week out and that was difficult – when you’re scoring goals and that’s not happening, it’s tough.”
“I was able to go back in and see everybody at Villa and say thank you for everything and say my goodbyes. It’s been very easy.”
Although Ings describes the move as a “no-brainer”, he joined a West Ham side struggling to match the form of past seasons. Teams have difficult seasons, it’s just the way the league goes and there’s so much quality in that as well.
“It’s definitely hard because the fans are very passionate and the lads want to deliver what they want every single week.”
“The league is so tough, some games don’t go the way you want it to and then other days, we have extremely good days where we roll over teams and everything is great again. It’s the highs and lows of being a footballer.”
Ings is also certain West Ham have the talent in their squad to avoid a return to English football’s second tier.
“Before I signed, you look at the squad and see the talent in the room and how much West Ham have achieved in the last few seasons. It was a good move and one I was looking forward to,” he added.
“The last few seasons, I’ve hated playing against West Ham. There’s bundles of talent within that dressing room.”
“But having the talent in the squad is never enough, as everybody knows, the Premier League is so difficult.”
“For us, we need to make sure we’re giving 100 percent day in, day out because it’s a very difficult time and there are a lot of good teams in this league that we need to beat.”
“We’ve definitely got more than enough ability within the dressing room to do that. They are bottom of the table by a point, and under new manager Ruben Selles, hot on the heels of the teams above them – including West Ham.”
But despite Ings’ connections to Southampton as a club and a city, he is solely focused on the job he has to do for his current team.
“It’s a massive game,” he said of the match against the Saints. Everyone knows that no matter where I am, what club I’m at, I’ll always give it 100 percent.
“I don’t think it is difficult [to separate his hometown club and his current club] because I’m there to do a job for my team and that’s exactly what I have to do. If you start overthinking things, you won’t bring out your best abilities in that game.”
“For me, I look at it as just another game and I’ve got to make sure I give my all for the team, whether I start or come from the bench, I have to try and help West Ham in any way I can.”
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