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16th Nov 2015

Kieron Dyer’s 30 appearances for West Ham cost them a king’s ransom in wages

Easy money

Kevin McGillicuddy

Kieron Dyer has managed to last an entire 24 hours without injuring himself.

The former England winger is one of two very well known sporting figures to test themselves against the Australian wildlife in this season’s version of ‘I’m A Celeb…’ with Chris Eubank also tackling witchetty grubs and the like.

The former winger is well known for his injury troubles and it took viewers all of five minutes to all make the same joke,

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https://twitter.com/JoeNellolfc/status/666002086161727488

The former Newcastle man of course had turned out a good egg as he’s donating the entire fee he receiving for appearing in the ITV show to charity.

But one of his former employers are probably thinking he should try and replay them for just 30 measly appearances.

West Ham owner David Gold decided to announce to the world that Dyer’s appearances for the Hammers cost the club an estimated £10million.

We’re not great at maths but that’s 300,000 per appearance.

What!

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No wonder he’s donating the money to charity.

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