Benayoun leaves West Ham

  • by Staff Writer
  • Thursday, 27th December 2012

Yossi Benayoun has cut his season-long loan spell short and returned to parent club Chelsea.

The Israeli international moved to West Ham on deadline day of the last summer transfer window after Chelsea agreed to waive a large chunk of the 32-year-old's salary, thought to be in the region of £90,000-per-week.

However he is returning to Stamford Bridge just half way through his season-long spell back in east London having failed to recover from an injury sustained during the 1-0 win at Newcastle at the beginning of November.

Speaking via Twitter tonight, Benayoun confirmed that he was cutting short his spell at the Boleyn Ground. "Recovering slowly from the injury," he said, adding: "my loan with West Ham will be finished in a few days; so disappointed that I didn't take part in the last games."

The number 15's second spell at West Ham saw him feature in just six games, whilst he remained on the field for a full 90 minutes on just two occasions.

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