Tuesday, August 9

Diop on his way

It seems that Issa Diop is on his way to Fulham for a relatively-cheap £15 million — it's a £7m loss on the £22m price we paid for him. Issa is paid to play football for West Ham but made himself unavailable for the Man City match, which is unprofessional whatever his problems with the club. He would definitely have played and also put himself in the shop window for other suitors. 

It all started so well with a great performance against Man United and Jose Mourinho describing him as a "monster". But after early progress his concentration wavered and he was often at fault for goals. Under Moyes he was replaced by first Balbuena and then Dawson. He did do a fine job when called upon to play at Lyon in the Europa League, but has underachieved for the last two seasons and was fifth choice this season after Aguerd was signed. He undoubtedly has potential, but has to match it with consistency. If Issa wants to go it's best to let him, but now the club is left with a defensive crisis as Kurt Zouma is our only match-fit centre-back.

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