52 strikers !

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