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The eye-watering costs of being a football mascot: West Ham charge fans an incredible £700 while Leicester's £600 price tag dwarfs the rest of the Premier League

The staggering cost of featuring as a match-day mascot for a number of clubs has been revealed, with the likes of West Ham and Leicester charging eye-watering sums of money.

The Hammers top the pile when it comes to the extortionate sums, asking families to part with £700 for their child to be part of the big game and walk out alongside their heroes.

A club-by-club list of costs to be a mascot, compiled by the BBC, also showed Leicester to be the second-highest chargers at £600. Tottenham charged the third-highest sum at £405 - while Championship side Swansea have a higher asking price than 18 Premier League teams.