West Ham academy legend Tony Carr has been left distraught by the club's decision to make him redundant after 43 years in which he has helped earn the Upton Park club a multi-million-pound profit in the transfer market.

Carr's pupils include six England internationals - Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Jermain Defoe and Glen Johnson - worth a combined £50m when they were sold on.

Carr, 65, stands to receive the statutory minimum redundancy payment of £14,000.

Tony Carr has been made redundant at West Ham despite 43 years of service at the club

Carr is pictured with Glen Johnson, Michael Carrick and Joe Cole, graduates of the West Ham academy

Carr also played a significant role in the development of Rio Ferdinand, who went on to captain England

TONY CARR'S TOP GRADUATES Frank Lampard - sold to Chelsea for £11m Rio Ferdinand - sold to Leeds for £18m Michael Carrick - sold to Tottenham, £2.75m Joe Cole - sold to Chelsea for £6.6m Jermain Defoe - sold to Tottenham for £7m Glen Johnson - sold to Chelsea for £6m James Tomkins - sold to Crystal Palace, £10m Total received by West Ham: £61.35m Tony Carr's redundancy payment: £14,000 Advertisement

Another Carr graduate, James Tomkins, joined Crystal Palace this month for a fee of £10m and the latest West Ham starlet off Carr's production line, Reece Oxford, already has a price tag of around £18m on his head.

But Carr, who has spent less than a year in an ambassador role after being replaced as academy chief by Terry Westley from Birmingham City in 2014, was told that his position was no longer full time.

He was offered a one-day role or the minimum redundancy payment of £14,000, which he has decided to accept.

This is a scandalously low pay-off for a lifetime West Ham loyalist whose work since 1973 has helped earn the club such large sums in the transfer market.

And West Ham's paltry pay-off to Carr comes when they will receive a minimum £100m in TV money this season. The club are moving into the publicly-funded Olympic Stadium, for which they are being charged a peppercorn £2.5m-a-year rent.

Carr smiles alongside Joe Cole after the latter signs a professional contract at West Ham

Carr is also upset that his shoddy exit from West Ham has been handled entirely by the human resources department rather than anyone higher up in the club.

Carr said: 'I'm very disappointed because I still feel I've got a lot to offer and West Ham has become a way of life for me after all these years.

'The way it was done with people from HR, who have been here hardly any time at all, was particularly disrespectful in my opinion. But that's the way of the world these days.'

West Ham made no comment on Tuesday, although when Carr was made a short-lived ambassador, the club's joint-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold said: 'We are delighted Tony has accepted this exciting new position, which is fitting recognition for more than 40 years of service.'

Another Carr graduate, James Tomkins (bottom), joined Crystal Palace this month in a £10m move

Reece Oxford is another to have come through under Carr and is rated at around £18m

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