The West Ham United forward wants out of the club.
During an exclusive interview with Belgian journalist Claude Atcheba, Hammers striker Diafra Sakho insisted that he still wants to leave West Ham, after being prevented from leaving the club in the summer.
The 27-year-old has played a peripheral role in Slaven Bilic’s side over the last 18 months, mostly due to a serious back injury, but he is back involved with the first-team setup now, and scored the east London outfit’s crucial winner against Swansea City last month.
His future at the London Stadium remains shrouded in uncertainty, however, with the player making no secret of his desire to leave the Hammers.
He spoke exclusively to Belgian journalist Claude Atcheba, and reiterated his wish to leave West Ham, after his deadline day exit from the club eventually failed to materialise:
“I still want to leave. I always say it. I don’t hide it. Whether the fans are happy or not, I want to change environment. I want to see something else in regard to everything happened to me. I think going to France would be good to find a challenge for my career. If I don’t sign somewhere else it means I have to come back to my club. And today I’m happy to be here. After, I have been booed during games. The fans are unhappy with me, that’s normal.”
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West Ham have begun their 2017/18 campaign in such miserable fashion that morale within the club is at worryingly low levels, and that certainly cannot be helping the Senegal international’s situation one little bit.
With a huge game away at Tottenham in the Carabao Cup tomorrow night, however, Sakho could be presented with an opportunity to get himself back in both Bilic and the fans’ good books.
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