What with Gianlica Scamacca on his way out of the club back to Italy, it reinforces our woeful record when it comes to signing strikers
But in the last 12 years , how many forwards do you think West Ham have signed
52, yes you read it correctly 52 !
There have been some almighty flops along the way, as 21 out of the 52 players failed to score a single goal for the club.
Here is the full list of the heroes and villains we signed:
Benni McCarthy – 14 appearances, 0 goals
Mido – 9 appearances, 0 goals
Ilan – 11 appearances, 4 goals
Pablo Barrera – 23 appearances, 0 goals
Frederic Piquionne – 62 appearances, 11 goals
Victor Obinna – 32 appearances, 8 goals
Demba Ba – 13 appearances, 7 goals
Robbie Keane – 10 appearances, 2 goals
John Carew – 21 appearances, 2 goals
Sam Baldock – 22 appearances, 5 goals
Brian Montenegro – 1 appearance, 0 goals
Joe Dixon – 0 appearances, 0 goals
Nicky Maynard – 17 appearances, 4 goals
Ricardo Vaz Te – 61 appearances, 19 goals
Modibo Maiga – 45 appearances, 7 goals
Andy Carroll – 142 appearances, 34 goals
Sean Maguire – 0 appearances, 0 goals
Marouane Chamakh – 3 appearances, 0 goals
Wellington Paulista – 0 appearances, 0 goals
Mladen Petric – 4 appearances, 0 goals
Carlton Cole – 56 appearances, 9 goals
Jaanai Gordon – 0 appearances, 0 goals
Marco Borriello – 2 appearances, 0 goals
Mauro Zarate – 29 appearances, 7 goals
Diafra Sakho – 71 appearances, 24 goals
Enner Valencia – 68 appearances, 10 goals
Nene – 8 appearances, 0 goals
Martin Samuelsen – 2 appearances, 0 goals
Michail Antonio – 228 goals, 61 goals
Nikica Jelavic – 14 appearances, 2 goals
Emmanuel Emenike – 16 appearances, 2 goals
Luka Belic – 0 appearances, 0 goals
Simone Zaza – 11 appearances, 0 goals
Jonathan Calleri – 19 appearances, 1 goal
Toni Martinez – 3 appearances, 0 goals
Sofiane Feghouli – 27 appearances, 4 goals
Andre Ayew – 50 appearances, 12 goals
Ashley Fletcher – 20 appearances, 1 goal
Marko Arnautovic – 65 appearances, 22 goals
Javier Hernandez – 63 appearances, 17 goals
Jordan Hugill – 3 appearances, 0 goals
Oladapo Afolayan – 1 appearance, 1 goal
Lucas Perez – 19 appearances, 6 goals
Xande Silva – 2 appearances, 0 goals
Andriy Yarmolenko – 86 appearances, 13 goals
Mesaque Dju – 0 appearances, 0 goals
Sebastien Haller – 54 appearances, 14 goals
Albian Ajeti – 12 appearances, 0 goals
Jarrod Bowen – 158 appearances, 40 goals
Nikola Vlasic – 31 appearances – 1 goal
Gianluca Scamacca – 27 appearances – 8 goals
Danny Ings – 22 appearances -3 goals
