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title: "Emmauel Emenike speaks out on time at West Ham"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-06-20T12:40:58Z"
modified: "2016-06-20T12:40:58Z"
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# Emmauel Emenike speaks out on time at West Ham

Former West Ham strike Emmanuel Emenike has spoken about his time at the club and what the future holds following the end of his loan spell from Fenerbahce.

The Hammers signed the Nigerian international on loan in January until the end of the season, a deal which included an option to make the move permanent this summer if the club wished.

Slaven Bilic ultimately declined the option to sign the striker he had watched score many goals in the Turkish Super Lig against his Besiktas side before he became West Ham manager in the summer of 2015.

![Jan Kruger/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/06/511554572-1.jpg)

It was injuries to Andy Carroll, Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia which forced the club to make a move for Emenike but the former Spartak Moscow attacker failed to impress and was relegated to the fourth-choice option and scored just two goals in 16 appearances for the club – both in a 5-1 rout over Blackburn in the FA Cup.

Speaking to [Haber Turk](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/06/19/former-west-ham-loanee-emmanuel-emenike-says-he-learned-a-lot-at/), the 29-year-old believes his time in East London was an important experience for him and makes him remember what he had at Fenerbahce.

> West Ham was a very important experience for me. There are many things I have learned. I was back on my own at Fenerbahce. But sometimes we had bad periods. Now I see that I made some mistakes and can criticise myself. Now I think it’s my debt payment time. When you leave the value of Fenerbahce you understand better, the ambience is great … even in European club is not possible to find such an environment.

Emenike failed to show the goalscoring prowess the Hammers are looking for as they continue their upward surge in the Premier League.