Given the incomings and outgoings that take place at every club, it is inevitable that every signing does not work out in the way in which everyone had hoped. There is a fair chance that you hold the assumption that your own club has made mistakes in the transfer market that out-do any other, but the reality is that any club side in the world have had their share of arrivals that have been either uninspiring or fail to live up to expectations. Nevertheless, there are clubs that fall into a particular category where more risks have to be taken in order to try to match their more illustrious rivals, who can afford to pick and choose their targets regardless of the cost. This applies to West Ham United, who must find a balance between satisfying the demand of an expectant fanbase and acquiring new players in such a way that they can still balance the books. With that in mind, the Hammers should be applauded for some of the transfer coups that they have pulled off in recent memory, but in some instances, the players brought in have soon come to regret signing on the dotted line, and here, we have chosen 10 who fulfil that criteria.
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