Of the sixteen players who departed West Ham United following relegation, some were sold, some were loaned out and some, like Callum Wilson, simply came to the end of their contracts and politely declined another, less lucrative deal to stay with the club as it slipped down into the Championship.
Wilson is now plying his trade at Brentford: Alongside him (admittedly, not often) in West Ham’s attack for the second half of last season was Adama Traore whose most memorable contribution was to throw Marc Cucurella to the ground and begin the fracas with Chelsea that saw Jean Clair Todibo red carded.
Traore was one of West Ham’s less effective signings last winter
Sadly Traore didn’t register a single goal during his stay at West Ham – in fact this is something of a wider issue for the bulked up attacker: According to the72.co.uk, Traore hasn’t scored a goal now for nearly two years:
“30-year-old’s goalless run extends to 22 months after short West Ham stay”
Quite what made Nuno Espírito Santo so single minded in his demand for Traore at West Ham who can say: The winger might actually have been useful this season but he hopped off to Deportivo La Coruña where his goal less streak has continued rather than take the drop in league and salary.
Nice work if you can get it: A reported £70k a week at West Ham demonstrates fully pretty much everything that was wrong with the club’s recruitment: That’s the equivalent of over 3.5 million a year, for a player who contributed so little to the club’s survival effort. We wish him well.