Gianluca Scamacca is just the latest failed forward at West Ham with over £300m spent on 52 players since David Sullivan and David Gold took over in 2010... and 20 'goalscorers' didn't find the net at all!
West Ham confirmed that Gianluca Scamacca has been sold this week. It's doubtful their fans even batted an eyelid.
The Italian, who cost them £30million to sign just 12 months ago, has been moved on almost as quickly as he arrived without making a great deal of impact at all.
But nobody should be remotely surprised. West Ham don't exactly have a good hit-rate when it comes to signing strikers. In fact, for most frontmen, the club is something of a graveyard.
Since David Sullivan and the late David Gold took ownership of West Ham in 2010, over 50 strikers have passed through the club with over £300m splashed out searching for that dream goalscorer.
20 of these failed to net once and their names have been reduced to the status of fiendish pub trivia questions. Only a handful of these forwards can be described as a success.
Mail Sport recounts every single one of them, what happened during their time with the club and what became of them.
Mido
Joined the club: January 2010 (loan deal)
Left the club: June 2010
Goals: 0
No stranger to the Premier League, Mido had plied his trade in the top flight with Tottenham, Middlesbrough and Wigan before joining West Ham on loan from Boro in the winter window of 2010.
But he contributed nothing to the attack and after failing to score in nine league matches, he returned to Boro.
The start of a number of busted flushes that West Ham would pick up to lead the line.
Impact rating: 1/10
Benni McCarthy
Joined the club: January 2010 (£2.5m)
Left the club: April 2011
Goals: 0
The South African forward became the first signing of the Gold-Sullivan era after completing a £2.5m move from Blackburn Rovers.
At the time of signing, he was regarded as one of the top-flight's deadliest strikers but he endured a
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