Czech international Radoslav Kovac has confirmed he is heading to West Ham after snubbing Celtic.
The 29-year-old, who can play in defence or midfield, is set to join the Hammers on loan from Spartak Moscow with a view to a permanent £3million move in the summer.
He admitted the lure of the Premier League was the deciding factor for him, as he shunned the possibility of moving to Glasgow with Celtic.
"The last decision was for me to choose West Ham over Celtic, but my decision was because of the Premier League," he told Sovietsky Sport.
"West Ham's manager and executives want me.
"West Ham love Czechs, they already have Jan Lastuvka and Marek Stech in their squad.
"This year I will be 30 and I only have a few years left before I become known as a veteran, so I want to realise my dream of playing in one of the main championships."
Kovac revealed the success of Premier League duo Nemanja Vidic and Roman Pavlyuchenko - who have both moved to England from Russian clubs - has spurred him on.
"Everyone whom I have asked for advice have told me to go, and the examples of Vidic and Pavlyuchenko gives me the motivation - they have both moved to England and succeeded there," he said.
Kovac says the whole move had come about very quickly.
"Everything happened on Wednesday," he added.
"My agents recently started to actively work and they found a few options, but I never really thought my pre-season with Spartak now would be my last one.
"I haven't even had chance to say goodbye to my team-mates, but I have had a call to say everything is ready and my ticket to London is booked."
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