West Ham United followers had been little doubt delighted to see Diafra Sakho offered again in 2018, and his woeful type since then means that the membership did remarkably nicely to promote him for £8m.
The Hammers would signal the ahead from French aspect FC Metz in 2014 in a cut price deal price £3.5m, which actually proved to be good enterprise given his spectacular type in his debut season in England.
In 26 appearances in all competitions, the Senegal worldwide would handle 12 objectives, with 10 coming within the Premier League season underneath Slaven Bilic, as West Ham recorded a robust ninth-placed end.
Whereas his recreation time and type would undergo because of West Ham’s signings of Michail Antonio and Nikica Jelavic in 2015, he nonetheless managed seven objectives and one help within the following marketing campaign.
West Ham’s former chairman David Gold, who just lately handed away, was actually impressed by Sakho’s performances again in 2015.
He as soon as stated: “Sakho is an distinctive participant and I don’t suppose there may be one other striker within the Premier League who covers as a lot floor as he does. He is not only a goalscorer and works so onerous for the workforce.”
Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient to persuade Slaven Bilic that he was price enjoying, as within the 2016/17 season, he was restricted to simply 4 Premier League appearances.
The place is Diafra Sakho now?
The appointment of David Moyes in November 2017 noticed him characteristic barely extra usually, as he appeared 17 occasions in all competitions in that marketing campaign, scoring 4 objectives, however at this level his relationship with the membership was soured, as he recurrently spoke out about wanting to go away.
Sakho was recurrently coaching away from the primary workforce and made it clear that he needed to stop the membership, however he must wait till January 2018 to lastly get his transfer away.
Contemplating his lack of appearances and disappointing angle, it’s spectacular that the Hammers managed to make a major revenue on the Senegal worldwide, as he joined Rennes in a deal price £8m that month.
His profession has been on a gentle decline within the 5 years since, as he would handle simply 16 appearances and three objectives for Rennes earlier than becoming a member of Bursaspor on mortgage, the place his aim document was equally disappointing, with three objectives and one help to his title in 20 outings.
This noticed his contract with the Ligue 1 aspect cancelled early and goalless spells in Switzerland and remarkably Djibouti, would comply with earlier than he returned to France with third-tier aspect AS Nancy.
Contemplating Karim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski are nonetheless producing on the highest degree at 35 and 34 respectively, Sakho’s drop-off has been a massively disappointing one, however from the Hammers’ perspective, they did extraordinarily nicely to promote him for a lot solely 5 years in the past.
