Bilic makes spot on decision
Having joined Aston Villa, the 24 year old was last night carried off on a stretcher in the 2-0 defeat by Newcastle.
It came at a time when he has failed to find the net for his new team since making a £13 million deadline day switch to Villa who are now in 17th place just six points above the relegation places.
Hogan has had terrible luck with injuries so far in his career, already recovering from two ACL tears which was a major reason why Slav refused to bring him on board although he was uncertain the player was of PL quality anyway.
The Hammers were regularly reported throughout the transfer window as being close to signing the front man but ClaretandHugh reported on various occasions that the manager wasn’t keen.
Finally he said “no” preferring to keep the cash in the bank for a summer raid on other targets.