Alan 5:03 Wed Aug 30
The farcical story behind Diafra Sakho trying to force a move from West Ham to Rennes
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The farcical story behind Diafra Sakho trying to force a move from West Ham to Rennes
The striker clearly wants to leave the Hammers but the club are not having any of it
Diafra Sakho is trying to force through a move to Rennes from West Ham but the club are refusing to do business as they believe they don't have enough time to find a replacement.
The story surrounding Sakho is nothing short of extraordinary, according to football.london sources, as the Senegalese man tries to plot an escape route from E20.
It all started on Saturday when Sakho wasn't included in the starting eleven for the Newcastle United defeat, being told he is behind both Michail Antonio and Andre Ayew in the pecking order for strikers at the club - two players who aren't striker.
Sakho, not for the first time in his Hammers career, took this badly and threw his toys out of the pram and set about getting out of east London having recovered from injury.
The frontman told the club he was going back to France and then tried to buy himself out his contract, according to our sources. This is something the striker couldn't afford to do.
Sakho travelled to France and set up a medical at Rennes of his own accord - which he subsequently passed - but there has never been a fee agreed with the Ligue 1 side and the Hammers.
Rennes had a bid of £4m up front plus £5m in add-ons flat out rejected by West Ham but Sakho carried on with the medical anyway but with co-owner David Sullivan's two sons - Jack and David Jnr - both tweeting to say no deal - it is now assumed any move is off the table.
football.london understands the lateness in the transfer window to find a suitable replacement is the reason the club won't sell. They are still interested in Lorient striker Abdul Majeed Waris, however.
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franksfat&slow&wank
5:04 Wed Aug 30
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fucking pointless keeping him
more evidence why this lot need to sell up and fuck off
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Gavros
5:05 Wed Aug 30
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Get fucking well rid.
The cunts bonkers.
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roltrader
5:07 Wed Aug 30
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sums us up perfectly
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chelmsfordhammer
5:07 Wed Aug 30
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This whole club is one big fucking farce.
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El Scorchio
5:08 Wed Aug 30
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Sakho is mental. If it wasn't affecting us I'd find it funny.
To be honest though, he's easily a better striker tham both Ayew and Antonio, so he must be a complete fucking nutter of a cunt to be told he's behind both in the pecking order. Either that or Bilic is cutting his nose off to spite his face.
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Jim79
5:09 Wed Aug 30
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This certainly trumps Odemwingie, almost admire his proactive approach!!!
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COOL HAND LUKE
5:09 Wed Aug 30
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"Welcome, my friends,
To the show that never ends...
The gentle art
Of falling apart..."
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cholo
5:11 Wed Aug 30
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With sakho. £4m + £5m addons = £4m
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kylay
5:13 Wed Aug 30
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El Scorchio 5:08 Wed Aug 30
beat me to it.
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simon.s
5:14 Wed Aug 30
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Why cant Carroll show this kind of initiative?
Admittedly he'd struggle with the medical bit.....
A week is a long time on football. Last Wednesday he was scoring in the cup, and things were looking up with him.
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monto
5:17 Wed Aug 30
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9m sounds like a decent return on this loon. Take the money and run. Which I'm sure the owners will do and not invest it back into strengthening the squad.
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Far Cough
5:18 Wed Aug 30
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What a fucking shambles the club is at the moment, I expect the Keystone Kops to run out of the tunnel and take the field against Huddersfield
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Mart O
5:20 Wed Aug 30
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Hardly the club's fault if he's as bonkers as he seems, but all this does somewhat add to the air of comedy wafting around us at present...
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,
5:22 Wed Aug 30
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Thing is if the Keystone cops show the same effort and application that they do in the old films they'll put up a better show than our not fit for purpose badly guided group.
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likemydreams
5:22 Wed Aug 30
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at least we're still interested in the Waris guy
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likemydreams
5:24 Wed Aug 30
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Mart O - point taken, to be fair to him though he is a better striker than both Ayew and Antonio
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Lee Trundle
5:26 Wed Aug 30
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Anyone (including our owners and fans on here) who wants to keep him now, are as mental as Sakho himself.
Take whatever, and get rid.
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likemydreams
5:27 Wed Aug 30
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now to add to the confusion/farce, according to Sky Palace have bid for him too!
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Willtell
5:30 Wed Aug 30
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So we aren't selling Sakho then? He just went to Rennes because he wants out of WH! FOMB this is what happens when a player falls out with his manager.
To be fair though, at the moment he's past a medical at Rennes so is back to being fit. And to be told the best fit striker is behind midfield players by the manager is enough to make a grown man weep...
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VirginiaHam
5:32 Wed Aug 30
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El Scorchio 5:08 Wed Aug 30
After Sakho's behaviour and injury record I wouldn't blame Bilic for telling him he's starting at square 1. Behind everyone else, earn your place in the pecking order by training hard, performing well and behaving like a professional 'anything'.
Bottom line, needs to rebuild his credibility. Hasn't started well.
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