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This West Ham strikers future could hang in the balance all summer

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Diafra Sakho had a slightly disappointing season for West Ham this campaign. He struggled with injuries and off the field issues and would use these as an excuse for his average goal return, but even when fit and playing he didn’t look quite like the player that we all remember from the season before.

Sakho is looking like a striker who won’t be at the club next season. Something hasn’t quite clicked between him and Slaven Bilic just yet, and the comforts of joining Big Sam’s familiar face at Sunderland have been strongly rumoured over the past few weeks.

Is has been suggested that Sunderland have bid or are looking to bid around £10 million for the Senegalese striker. However, any potential move for Sakho won’t be completed for a while yet…

According to The Insider on the official West Ham website: “no senior players will be allowed to leave the Boleyn Ground until after their replacements have been secured.”

This means that Diafra Sakho’s future at the club could hang in the balance until we find and complete a deal with a replacement. At the moment our striker search has seen us linked with around 30 strikers, with a deal no closer to being completed so it may not be settled until the end of the summer window. Sakho won’t be going anywhere just yet, and even if we do get a new striker there is no genuine indication that Sakho would be for sale. He may still have use under Bilic, especially considering his end of season form.

Another part of the article stated that: “the Insider has learned that Hammers do not want to reveal the names of any targets for fear of alerting rival clubs to their interest.”

A wise transfer tactic, which could suggest that we may not find out much about potential targets until after the deals have been completed. The last thing we want is Tottenham stealing our transfer targets again, so it could be a while before we find out who Sullivan and Gold are chasing.

Hopefully it will be worth the wait.

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