West Ham made a disappointing early exit in the third round of the FA Cup after losing 5-0 at home to Manchester City on Friday evening.

Slaven Bilic’s side have failed to live up to expectations so far this season. To make matters worse, the Hammers are currently 13th in the Premier League table.

West Ham are only seven points clear of relegation with less than half of the season remaining.

Since moving to their newly refurbished London Stadium, Bilic’s side have won just four of their ten league games at home.

The Hammers have seriously struggled in this campaign as a number of their first-team squad have been getting injured on a regular basis.

The Croatian manager is likely to make a number of new signings in this season’s January transfer window.

The East London side have been to known to make a lot of signings in previous January transfer windows, but here are their BEST THREE January signings over the past 14 years…

Bobby Zamora

In the winter window of 2004, striker Bobby Zamora joined West Ham as part of a swap deal that saw Jermain Defoe move the other way.

Zamora became a club hero at the Boleyn Ground by scoring 40 goals and making 152 appearances in four and a half years.

He was then sold to fellow Londoners Fulham for a fee of £4,800,000 in July 2008.

The forward scored the goal that promoted the Hammers to the Premier League in the 2005 play-off final.

Needless to say, Zamora will go down as a Hammers legend.

Dean Ashton

January 2006 saw English forward Dean Ashton join from Norwich City. Ashton’s arrival cost them a then club-record fee of £7,250,000.

The striker scored 19 goals in his 56 appearances at Upton Park. He also scored in the 2006 FA Cup final and made his first and only England cap whilst with the Hammers.

Ashton’s career was unfortunately cut short as he was forced to retire in December 2009, aged just 26.

The forward returned to the Boleyn Ground in March 2016 and scored a spectacular overhead kick in Mark Noble’s testimonial match.

Demba Ba

Perhaps West Ham’s best January signing is Demba Ba. The Hammers signed the Senegalese forward for just £680,000 from Hoffenheim in January 2011.

Ba only stayed at West Ham until that summer, but he scored seven times in his 13 appearances at the club.

Despite finishing as their top goalscorer that season, Ba moved to Newcastle United on a free transfer following the Hammers’ relegation.

Ba may have only been at the London side for six months, but the striker is probably their best value for money January signing over the past 14 years.