These 2 West Ham players must improve if they are to stay up

Simone Zaza

West Ham spent €5 million to sign Simone Zaza on loan from Juventus in the summer, with a €20 million fee to make the deal permanent after a certain amount of Premier League appearances.

However, what they’ve got in return is absolutely nothing from the 25-year-old, who has yet to net in nine league appearances for the Hammers this season.

In that time, he has created just eight chances, compared to 47 from Dimitri Payet, and has had just nine shots on goal, only two of which have hit the target.

There are rumours that the permanent fee comes into effect after 10 appearances, which has actually passed given that he made his 12th appearance for Bilic’s side in the 4-1 defeat at Manchester United last week.

With Diafra Sakho likely to be out for a while, Zaza must improve and lead the line for the Hammers when called upon.