The Evening Standard claims that West Ham have agreed a fee of £10-£12 million with Crystal Palace for Diafra Sakho. It seems that Sakho is so homesick for France he might move to south London — which is at least a bit closer. It's always risky to sell to rivals, but there seems little choice but to trade in the disgruntled striker.
He'll be remembered for a well-publicised car crash when his Lamborghini hit the garden wall of a West Ham fan in Hornchurch in 2016. Later there were rumours of dressing room bust-ups, while the self-imposed trip to Rennes for a medical last summer was the end. Really, his last decent season was 2014-15 in which he scored ten league goals. He only scored five in the final season at Upton Park when we finished seventh, while Sakho missed virtually the whole of last season with a back injury.
He's scored twice in the league this season when coming on and twice in the Carabao Cup, but personally I don't want a player at the club who doesn't celebrate when he scores. A shame because he's still potentially a very good striker.
4 comments:
Sorry to see Sakho go. He has the ability to liven up the team but took a back seat when Payet arrived.Bet he does well with Crystal Palace, you see
Trev
He does look a very good player and will put benteke too shame
He might do well at Palace but no point in keeping a sulking player... wonder if Rennes will come in again with an offer?
If he's leaving us I would have hoped he'd show a little more ambition than Palace �� Thought he'd made it clear to Rennes he was available? Talking of Palace, it's a year since Carroll's epic scissor kick!
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