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Lee Chapman
The former Nottingham Forest and Leeds United striker was signed from Portsmouth for £250,000 in September 1993. When fan-favourite Julian Dicks was swapped with Liverpool for David Burrows and Mike Marsh, Chapman was signed in the same week. Often a point of ridicule at West Ham, the footballer with the actress wife was as immobile as they come. So immobile that cries of “you can move Chapman, it’s not Subbuteo” were uttered from the famous Chicken Run. Sure he may have won the last ever League Division One title with Leeds but for West Ham he scored 11 goals in 51 appearances. He was so despised at the Boleyn that on one occasion after a relentless tirade of abuse from a fan attending a pre-season friendly; then-assistant manager Harry Redknapp substituted him for said fan.
Marco Boogers
The famous caravan dwelling Dutchman Marco Boogers arrived at West Ham in July 1995 for £1 million and made just four substitute appearances in a three year spell. He was sent off in his second appearance for the club for a violent challenge on Gary Neville at Old Trafford. The legend goes that during his suspension he returned to the Netherlands depressed and went to live in a caravan – the truth is it was mix up between a journalist and a former West Ham employee. However, when Boogers returned to the Boleyn Ground he found he had been displaced in the team by Iain Dowie.
Titi Camara
When then boss Harry Redknapp sold Rio Ferdinand for £18 million to Leeds United, he bought Rigobert Song, ‘Titi’ Camara and Christian Dailly with the money. Now while Song often creates debate in the Boleyn as to how good/bad he was and Dailly is known as the club’s football genius, there is no doubting Camara’s impact, or lack of. Camara arrived from Liverpool for a hefty sum, and sporting a hefty waistline, in December 2000. He made 14 appearances for the Irons in three years without ever registering a goal in the Claret and Blue.
Savio Nsereko
When West Ham’s Icelandic owners held a press conference to announce the arrival of a 19-year-old Ugandan-born German U20 international eyebrows were raised. He perhaps best encapsulates the extravagance of biscuit baron Eggert Magnusson’s reign in the East End. He arrived full of promise for a fee thought to be £9 million and left for Fiorentina on an undisclosed fee plus defender Manuel da Costa having made just 10 appearances for the Irons. He was arrested in Pattaya, Thailand in October 2012 for a false kidnap claim. He had reportedly tried to extort money from his own family.
Freddie Ljungberg
Ljungberg’s transfer is another prime example of the poor miss-management under the ill-fated Icelandic reign at West Ham. Ljungberg had been a very successful player for Arsenal in a nine year spell, but by the time West Ham had come in for him he had been cut down by injury and was a shell of the player he used to be. This did not stop the aforementioned biscuit baron from shelling out £3m and a four-year £75,000 a week deal for the Swedish international. To be fair to Ljungberg he scored two goals in 28 appearances for West Ham and although his legs had clearly gone, he showed flashes of the player he had been. The issue is with Ljungberg’s appearance on this list is more to do with the size of wage he was offered and the fee the Hammer’s had to pay to release him from his contract after only a year (£6 million).
Lee Chapman
The former Nottingham Forest and Leeds United striker was signed from Portsmouth for £250,000 in September 1993. When fan-favourite Julian Dicks was swapped with Liverpool for David Burrows and Mike Marsh, Chapman was signed in the same week. Often a point of ridicule at West Ham, the footballer with the actress wife was as immobile as they come. So immobile that cries of “you can move Chapman, it’s not Subbuteo” were uttered from the famous Chicken Run. Sure he may have won the last ever League Division One title with Leeds but for West Ham he scored 11 goals in 51 appearances. He was so despised at the Boleyn that on one occasion after a relentless tirade of abuse from a fan attending a pre-season friendly; then-assistant manager Harry Redknapp substituted him for said fan.
Marco Boogers
The famous caravan dwelling Dutchman Marco Boogers arrived at West Ham in July 1995 for £1 million and made just four substitute appearances in a three year spell. He was sent off in his second appearance for the club for a violent challenge on Gary Neville at Old Trafford. The legend goes that during his suspension he returned to the Netherlands depressed and went to live in a caravan – the truth is it was mix up between a journalist and a former West Ham employee. However, when Boogers returned to the Boleyn Ground he found he had been displaced in the team by Iain Dowie.
Titi Camara
When then boss Harry Redknapp sold Rio Ferdinand for £18 million to Leeds United, he bought Rigobert Song, ‘Titi’ Camara and Christian Dailly with the money. Now while Song often creates debate in the Boleyn as to how good/bad he was and Dailly is known as the club’s football genius, there is no doubting Camara’s impact, or lack of. Camara arrived from Liverpool for a hefty sum, and sporting a hefty waistline, in December 2000. He made 14 appearances for the Irons in three years without ever registering a goal in the Claret and Blue.
Savio Nsereko
When West Ham’s Icelandic owners held a press conference to announce the arrival of a 19-year-old Ugandan-born German U20 international eyebrows were raised. He perhaps best encapsulates the extravagance of biscuit baron Eggert Magnusson’s reign in the East End. He arrived full of promise for a fee thought to be £9 million and left for Fiorentina on an undisclosed fee plus defender Manuel da Costa having made just 10 appearances for the Irons. He was arrested in Pattaya, Thailand in October 2012 for a false kidnap claim. He had reportedly tried to extort money from his own family.
Freddie Ljungberg
Ljungberg’s transfer is another prime example of the poor miss-management under the ill-fated Icelandic reign at West Ham. Ljungberg had been a very successful player for Arsenal in a nine year spell, but by the time West Ham had come in for him he had been cut down by injury and was a shell of the player he used to be. This did not stop the aforementioned biscuit baron from shelling out £3m and a four-year £75,000 a week deal for the Swedish international. To be fair to Ljungberg he scored two goals in 28 appearances for West Ham and although his legs had clearly gone, he showed flashes of the player he had been. The issue is with Ljungberg’s appearance on this list is more to do with the size of wage he was offered and the fee the Hammer’s had to pay to release him from his contract after only a year (£6 million).
f'ckin hell will we never learn!!!!