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True cost of West Ham’s disastrous signings laid bare with some shocking results

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic (REUTERS)
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The true cost of West Ham United’s shocking season of recruitment has been laid bare with one player earning an estimated £866,000 PER GAME.

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic during the matchWest Ham United manager Slaven Bilic

The Hammers brought in 11 players in the summer and another two in January with only Edimilson Fernandes and more recently Andre Ayew making any kind of positive impact.

Using player salary data from Football Manager 2017, we have assessed the outlay in wages for each of the new recruits and – based on their current number of appearances – how much they will have cost the club come the summer.

A handful of the players will add to their number of appearances in the last nine games of the season but most have played their final games for the Hammers already.

The numbers are not for the faint-hearted Hammers fan with some eyewatering results particularly given Slaven Bilic’s side are sat in 12th place in the Premier League table and look a shadow of the side which challenged for the Champions League spots last season.

Staggeringly one player, Spaniard Alvaro Arbeloa, will have earned an estimated £866,000 per game come the summer after just three appearances in the claret and blue all season.

The report does not account for flop Italian striker Simone Zaza whose loan from Juventus – which included an obligation to buy after 14 games for £25m – was cancelled after no goals and barely a shot on target in eight appearances before he went on to join Valencia on loan.

West Ham United's Simone Zaza looks dejected as West Bromwich Albion's Claudio Yacob looks onDisaster: Flop Simone Zaza

According to the Football Manager 2017 data, on the 2016/17 season signings alone West Ham will have splashed out over £21m in wages – not including Zaza – by the summer for a paltry return of what will not exceed 150 appearances between 11 players – with just 9 goals to show for it.

If this report does nothing else it will surely serve as a sobering reminder to co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold never to get it so wrong again.

West Ham United's Ashley Fletcher looks dejected after missing a chance to scoreAshley Fletcher

Ashley Fletcher

Fee: Free

Weekly wage: £3,500 p/w

Total basic wages by summer: £182,000

Appearances/goals: 13 appearances / 1 league cup goal

£14,000 per game

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling in action with West Ham United's Arthur MasuakuArthur Masuaku

Arthur Masuaku

Fee: £6.5m

Weekly wage: £25,000

Total basic wages by summer: £1.3m

Appearances/goals: 7 appearances

£185,000 per game

West Ham United's Gokhan Tore looks dejectedTore looked nowhere near good enough for the Hammers, then got injured for the rest of the season

Gokhan Tore

Fee: £3m loan fee, out for season through injury

Weekly wage: £27,500

Total basic wages by summer: £1.43m

Appearances/goals: 5 appearances

£286,000 per game

West Ham United's new signing Edimilson Fernandes is introduced to the fans before the start of the matchEdimilson Fernandes has been the one good value signing

Edimilson Fernandes

Fee: £5m

Weekly wage: £30,000

Total basic wages by summer: £1.56m

Appearances/goals: 19 appearances / 1 league cup goal

£82,000 per game

West Ham United's Havard NordtveitDon’t get West Ham fans started on Havard Nordtveit

Havard Nordtveit

Fee: Free

Weekly wage: £30,000

Total basic wages by summer: £1.56m

Appearances/goals: 12 appearances

£130,000 per game

West Ham United's Robert Snodgrass looks dejectedRobert Snodgrass has struggled badly since leaving Hull for the Hammers in January

Robert Snodgrass

Fee: £10m

Weekly wage: £40,000

Total basic wages by summer: £1m

Appearances/goals: 7 appearances (since January)

£142,000 per game

West Ham United's Jonathan Calleri shoots wideJonathan Calleri shoots wide

Jonathan Calleri

Fee: Loan (Unknown fee)

Weekly wage: £40,000

Total basic wages by summer: £2.08m

Appearances/goals: 10 apperances / 1 goal

£208,000 per game

West Ham United's Alvaro ArbeloaWow, just wow… look away now Hammers fans Alvaro Arbeloa has picked up a small fortune

Alvaro Arbeloa

Fee: Free

Weekly wage: £50,000

Total basic wages by summer: £2.6m

Appearances/goals: 3 appearances

£866,000 per game

West Ham United's Sofiane Feghouli in actionFeghouli has for the most part been poor

Sofiane Feghouli

Fee: Free

Weekly wage: £65,000

Total basic wages by summer: £3.38m

Appearances/goals: 17 appearances / 2 goals

£198,000 per game

West Ham United's Jose Fonte in actionWest Ham’s defending has got worse since signing Jose Fonte but he has had some decent games

Jose Fonte

Fee: £8m

Weekly wage: £75,000

Total basic wages by summer: £1.8m

Appearances/goals: 7 appearances (since January)

£257,000 per game

West Ham United's Andre Ayew after the gameAndre Ayew has started looking sharper of late but his move has been costly with little return

Andre Ayew

Fee: £20.5m

Weekly wage: £80,000

Total basic wages by summer: £4.16m

Appearances/goals: 16 appearances / 4 goals

£260,000 per game