Caroll v Sakho: The Comparsion

Andy Carroll signed for the Hammers permanently in June 2013 for an initial fee £15.75m which has since risen to £16.25m, He has earned £5.75m wages through his generous £85,000 per week contract. He managed just 1,077 minutes on the pitch last season and none this season via 15 appearances. 9 of those matches he was either substituted on or off leaving just six full 90 minute games last season.

His two goal tally since signing permanently has cost £11 million per goal and work out a goal on average every 538 minutes of play.  His 1,077 minutes have cost West Ham £20,427 per minute played so far.

Diafro Sakho signed for West Ham in August this year for an initial fee of £3.5m  earning just £15,000 per week. He has made just five appearances so far this season, three as a substitute and two full 90 minutes totalling 268 minutes on the pitch.

Even at this early stage of his Hammers career he is cheaper than Andy Carroll at £13,507 per minute played and each of his five goals work out at £724,000 per goal. This can only improve as the season progresses. The real value is a goal on average every 53 minutes, an impressive statistic if he can keep that up.

When it comes to a return on investment there can be only one winner!