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The high cost of Hammers injuries

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CarrollInjuries cost West Ham a total of £12.8 million last season according to  a new formula recognised by Uefa.

According to a report in the Mail on line the bill across the League amounted to £270 million last season, with Newcastle and Arsenal both suffering bills in excess of £20m.

On average, Premier League clubs lost £13.5m to injuries in the 2014-15 campaign, with Everton and Manchester United suffering the third and fourth largest costs approaching £20m.

The full price paid by clubs for an injury is detailed in a new UEFA-recognised formula that calculates the monthly costs of an injured player.

It has been found that Premier League and leading European clubs pay out an average of £413,000 a month for every player injured.

The calculation for how much an injured player costs his club was designed by Sergei Palkin, chief executive of Ukrainian high-fliers Shakhtar Donetsk.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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