Striker Craig Bellamy is looking forward to staying at West Ham United until the end of his playing career.

The 28-year-old Wales skipper switched to Upton Park from Liverpool this summer to make The Hammers his seventh club in just eight seasons. However, he now believes that his move to the London club will be the last.

"It's a really good club and I've made a really good choice coming here," he said.

"It's probably because I knew a lot of people at the club and I knew what I was coming into. Touch wood, hopefully I'll finish my career here.”

"Maybe because of the surgery I had as a very young player, it might not take me to 34 or 35.”

"So these five years are going to be very important for me. I can cement my name here. Hopefully with a few better performances I will have a good chance of doing that."