West Ham flop Felipe Anderson is somehow a wanted man this summer...
What's the word?
According to Corriere dello Sport, the 28-year-old winger dreams of a return to former club Lazio, where he is likely to be considered by newly-appointed manager Maurizio Sarri.
It's thought that the Irons are willing to sell their one-time £35m club-record signing, who is now valued at just £9m by Transfermarkt, but for the time being, he's set to return to the London Stadium following an unsuccessful loan spell at Porto.
The Brazilian has struggled throughout his time in the Premier League and current manager David Moyes is said to not be a fan of his, so it seems his future at the club is in jeopardy.
Time to go
Anderson returns to East London on the back of only ten appearances and 663 minutes of action for the Portuguese giants, in which he provided the one goal contribution, as per Transfermarkt.
That's hardly done himself any favours, with the likes of Said Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen way ahead of him in the pecking order. If the Hammers' hierarchy can offload him this summer, then they absolutely should get rid.
His record since arriving from the Italian side in the summer of 2018 has been pretty abysmal. He was a regular under Manuel Pellegrini last season before he was sacked, yet could only end the league campaign with one goal and four assists.
By comparison, Jesse Lingard was signed in January and finished this year with nine goals and four assists, as per WhoScored.
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GSB have been paying the price for Manuel Pellegrini's costly decision to sign him ever since.
Anderson is believed to be amongst the highest earners at the club, raking in a cool £85k-per-week and when you factor in the total £42m fee it cost to sign him, you begin to realise just how much has been wasted.
Overall, when excluding the stint at Porto this season, he has cost the club nearly £52m, which equates to £4.3m per goal scored (12 total) and a little over £722k per appearance (72 total).
Moyes isn't the only Hammers-related man against the winger either. Former striker Frank McAvennie slammed him during an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, where he said:
"He's got to go. Let the boy go.
"They bought him in and he's a luxury player. I've never seen him go into a tackle, never mind win one. Talent in abundance, but he's gone to Porto on loan, but has done the same there – just strolled about.
"He can't come back to West Ham; they'll want him off the wage bill."
It's time for Moyes to show no mercy and axe Anderson from the club this summer.
AND in other news, Moyes can ease the Hammers' devastating Lingard blow with swoop for £18m-rated "special talent"...