With the transfer window - or, as one journalist wittily described it, the transfer cat flap - about to close, Glenn made his move on Rufus, who says:
"One minute I was a Fulham player and the next minute I am a West Ham player; I am looking forward to it and I just hope that we can get out of the trouble that we are in.
"I like a challenge, and I think in football you need something that is going to excite you - and this challenge does.
"I am surprised about the move; I never wanted to leave and the manager didn't want me to go - but there are things going on behind the scenes that I don't really want to talk about, to be fair.
"I didn't want to go, but when it came down to it you have got to feel wanted - and when I spoke to Glenn Roeder I did feel wanted.
"That was a big factor in me joining West Ham; I changed my mind the minute I talked with Glenn; he is very positive, and I just needed to hear from him a few things that he had planned.
"You need to be positive, especially in the position we were in, and if we all stay positive and focused we shouldn't have any problem getting out of trouble.
"I spoke to the Fulham manager in the morning and the night before - and he said all along that he wanted me to stay.
"I had five or six great years at Fulham, but life goes on, and hopefully I am going to have as much fun at West Ham United."
Rufus says that he feels West Ham are in a false position, and adds:
"I can't wait to get going, and I have thought for a few months that with the players that they have got they really have no right to be where they are.
"But the fact is we are down there and we are going to do everything we can to get out of the trouble we are in.
"I don't want to play in the Nationwide; the Premiership is the place to play football and once you have played there you don't want to go out of it.
"I have had a taste of it and I intend to be playing Premiership football next year."
Having seen off the competition in Messrs. Wome and Harley - not exactly cheap buys - Fulham fans are as surprised about his departure as he is, even if his contract did run out in the summer.
"I think in any job you need competition; I had it there, and I think it was healthy, as well," says Rufus.
"Jon Harley is a fantastic player and Pierre Wome is a proven international - and you need that in anything you do.
"I am sure I will have competition at West Ham; I know I am not just going to walk into the first team - I am going to have to work hard, and that is something I am prepared to do.
"Nigel Winterburn is a great professional and when Fulham drew 1-1 at Upton Park he was running up and down the line, making surges into the box even in the 90th minute - that is testimony to the way he lives.
"It is a challenge I am sure we are both looking forward to, and there is also Scott Minto there as well - they are two very, very good players.
"The squad is frightening and I just can't believe West Ham are where they are.
"But players are coming back from injury and I think that is going to count massively in this last part of the season - if we can keep the players fit and focused that will be a major factor."
Rufus made the news earlier this season for a supposed run-in with Clinton Morrison's mother when Fulham played Birmingham - West Ham's final destination this campaign, and he says:
"I am looking forward to that game - if selected!
"It will be good, it will be fun, but you shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers."
Setting the record straight for the first time, Rufus adds:
"Nothing happened; at the end of the day I didn't have a problem with his mum and I didn't say a word to his mum - and she didn't say anything to me.
"She has had her 10 seconds of fame, getting her picture in the paper and him mouthing off.
"It would have been easy for me to go the press and start talking, but I just stayed quiet because it is not even worth getting into.
"Nothing went on, and that is the truth."
And so, with Rufus saying his goodbyes - and picking up his boots - at Fulham on Friday afternoon he now moves from west to east London with the conclusion:
"Hopefully I can settle straight in; I know Les, I know Trevor Sinclair, and I know Roger Cross so hopefully I can adjust quickly - and I am sure it is a great bunch of lads."