Maiga mess ahead of Hammers!
With the French club bottom of League 1 the chances of a deal being done for the striker are as unlikely as it gets leaving the board with a big dilemma.
Having scored just six goals in 38 appearances for the Hammers, the forward has managed four in 17 games with his loan club – hardly eye-catching stuff.
And his near certain return to Upton Park will be a sharp reminder of life before the new policy of more board control over signings with the Davids being forced to offer him a pay-off.
The 27 year old is on £40k a week – or £2 million a year – and before leaving for Metz was offered an Irons pay-off of around £2.5 million which he turned down.
A Hammers source repeated today that an offer was likely to be made to the Mali-born forward telling ClaretandHugh: “We’ll try to get something done but he’s a strong willed boy and turned down everything we offered last time.”