Watch out Maiga’s about!

Modibo Maiga looks set for an Upton Park return next season unless the club can work a sizeable miracle by finding him a loan or permanent club.

Should that prove impossible the super flop striker will pick up around nearly £2 million for his last season as a Hammer unless he decides to take a pay-off from the club.

Maiga – currently on £40k a week – has been as ineffective at Metz on loan as he was with Queens Park Rangers and it’s highly unlikely the French outfit will want to keep him on the books.

He has managed four goals in ten appearances and was disciplined after going AWOL ahead of a match earlier in the season.

Maiga refused all pay-offs offered by the Irons board ahead of the move to France where Metz picked up a small percentage of his wages.

And a Hammers source told ClaretandHugh exclusively today: “It’s likely he will be offered some sort of pay-off but on the strength of what we saw last summer it may be difficult to get him off the wage bill.”