For Yaya Toure read Alex Song!
For West Ham boss Sam Allardyce reckons that in the Barcelona loanee, the Irons have a warrior player in the same mold as the Manchester city midfielder.
“He’s an Yaya Toure type signing for us, said Allardyce. He’s a top quality player of the highest calibre and he’ll provide the sort of service our front line need. He links everything together very well.”
At the moment even Song is being overshadowed by Enner Valencia and Diafra Sakho but the manager added: He’ll impact for us.”
And he joked:”He’s a massive influence on the training ground and in the dressing room with his dress sense particularly. Everyone has a lot of respect for him. He hasn’t hit top form but he’s a major influence for us.”