Sakho gives Hammers fans a pledge

Diafra Sakho has told West Ham he will be available to start the season should he be required.

The striker has refused to take part in either of the club’s close season tours to the USA and the current tour to Austria.

The Senegal striker remains determined to push through a transfer with West Brom, Hamburg and Sevilla interested but a switch continues to look some way off.

The Irons are still trying to bringing in a new front man with the situation between themselves and Sakho now deadlocked.

But the player has made it clear he has no intentions of going AWOL once the season starts if he’s still on the staff should he be needed.

A top source at the clunWe contacted our top source at the club said: “There’s no question of that. He just wants a move but if he’s with us on Aug 14 he has confirmed he will  play and not let the club or the supporters down.”