NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO has scotched claims that he is snubbing striker Callum Wilson because playing him would cost West Ham United money.

Wilson joined the Hammers as a free agent on a one-year contract over the summer after leaving Newcastle United, where he turned down the option of a new deal on vastly reduced terms.

But Nuno has yet to use the former England international in his three matches in charge so far, leaving the 33-year-old on the bench despite West Ham chasing a goal in their 2-0 defeat at home to Brentford on Monday.

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However, when it was put to the Portuguese that he was ignoring Wilson because he is on an incentive-based, play-as-you-play style deal, he retorted: "Oh, please. Come on, eh?

"Come on. I don't even know that. You think I'm this kind of person? Do I think that? No. Maybe if you...