Deadline day was a disappointing one for West Ham on the pitch as they slipped to a defeat at Chelsea , but they did manage to get a new face through the door. After losing Michail Antonio and Niclas Fullkrug to injury, a new striker was top of the agenda, and the Irons achieved their goal as they brought in Evan Ferguson on loan from Brighton.
After bursting onto the scene on the south coast, Ferguson has endured a frustrating 12 months due to a loss of form and injury setbacks, but he remains highly rated. Yet history is against him. Twenty of these players failed to net once and their names have been reduced to the status of fiendish pub trivia questions. Only a handful 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, as Ferguson bids to prove that he is the real deal.
Evan Ferguson has joined West Ham on loan from Brighton until the end of the season. Graham Potter will hope Ferguson can succeed where other West Ham strikers have failed. Joined the club : January loan deal.
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 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. At the time of signing, he was regarded as one of the top-flight's deadliest strikers but he endured a dreadful spell at West Ham, failing to score in his 14 appearances and was eventually released by the club in April The writing was on the wall when he was left out of manager Avram Grant's man squad for the second-half of this season.
