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The Dutchman left Stamford Bridge for the Santiago Bernabeu earlier this month in a deal worth a whopping £25million.

And he says he's happy to have moved to a club where entertaning as well as winning is the goal.

Robben told The Sun: "I will enjoy it more over here. Maybe this is a style of play that suits me better.

"Real Madrid are a team and the coach said he wants to play attacking, attractive football - so that all sounds very good to me."

Just to illustrate Robben's point, while Chelsea were losing 2-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday Real were producing a spellbinding exhibition to crush Villarreal 5-0 at El Madrigal.

Robben has yet to make his Real debut as he works up to full fitness, but he can't wait to figure for Los Galacticos.

He added: "I think I can be important to the team. As a left winger, you are there to score goals and, hopefully, I can do that

"It's been decided I'd do an extra pre-season to give me more time to get used to it here and to adapt and to make myself very strong, so when I start I can show everybody the player I am.

"I had a little bit of bad luck last year. I had surgery on my knee and I couldn't really come back properly because the season was finished.

"I started again with Chelsea in pre-season but things were fluid so the pre-season was not the best.

"And of course the situation with Real Madrid - going or staying - is not good for you or for your body."