The England goalkeeper joined West Ham United on loan after being frozen out again at Manchester City.
The November international break is a checkpoint which signals that we are roughly a third of the way through the season.
This is, in most cases, a long enough time for judgements to be made on the millions of pounds worth of summer signings.
Here we take a closer look at West Ham United’s loan signing of Joe Hart from Manchester City.
Hammers co-owner David Sullivan rolled out the red carpet for England’s number-one, telling the club’s official website that Hart was the ‘best goalkeeper he had worked with’ – at Birmingham City in 2009-10.
Hart’s performances for the Irons so far have not lived up to that billing.
Fortunately for Hart’s international future, the only goalkeeper to have played more than one game with a worse save percentage than him is Stoke City’s Jack Butland.
No goalkeeper in the division has conceded more times that Hart’s 23, although he has had to contend with a defence that was unorganised and constantly changing under Slaven Bilic.
Hart’s performance in the 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace last month was more familiar to his title-winning days at Man City, but elsewhere he has been more likely to cost West Ham points than save them.
The experienced stopper is only on loan at the London Stadium so has not come at a huge financial outlay to West Ham, but the Irons would have expected a greater impact from him regardless.
Grade: C
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