LOSERS: West Ham
West Ham were very clear at the start of this summer – they wanted a Big Marquee Signing to kick off life at the Olympic Stadium.
Michy Batshuayi came and went.
Alexandre Lacazette stayed in France.
Nobody, ultimately, would come to West Ham. They brought in Andre Ayew from Swansea for £20m – less a marquee, more of a tarp draped over some sticks – and he got injured straight away.
The deadline day deal for Alvaro Arbeloa said it all. West Ham reached for the stars, but overbalanced and fell in a big, smelly cowpat.