West Ham's Italian style Gianluca Scamacca will be the eighth Italian footballer to wear the West Ham jersey, a tradition as strange as it is fascinating

Gianluca Scamacca has decided to leave Sassuolo and Serie A to fly to the Premier League and wear the West Ham jersey, thus becoming the eighth Italian player to travel that route. The national team bomber, who received the very coach Mancini's approval for the transfer across the Channel, was thus bought by the Hammers for 36 million euros plus 6 in bonuses plus 10 percent on a future resale in favor of Sassuolo. West Ham's new number 7 thus became the second highest-paid Italian in the Premier League, after Jorginho who in 2018 was paid 60 million plus 3 million in bonuses by Chelsea.

In 2016, Simone Zaza arrived in the London borough of Newham, welcomed with great confidence by both the fans and the club, which spent as much as 5 million for the loan alone from Juventus. Instead, we know well how the Italian player's adventure went, with West Ham sending him back as early as January with the Bianconeri then turning him over to Valencia. 

Only 11 appearances with neither goals nor assists for Zaza at West Ham and a relationship with the fans that never blossomed. They were many, in fact, who targeted the Italian striker in England for his listless and unimpressive performances. The hope is that Scamacca will arrive with a whole different enthusiasm in London, ready to enchant the Claret& Blue people.