Sakho rumour has a ring of truth
It came from veteran journo Alan Nixon who has worked as a freelance for respected national newspapers and is well contacted within the game .
Alan gets more right than he gets wrong but regardless of that until we know more, it’s probably not wise to make a 100 per cent judgement.
After all, agents very often call the tune at this time of the year and much of what we read is based in information coming out of their offices.
However, his tweet that Diafra Sakho is on his way has more credibility about it than most circulating on that particular social network.
The Sakho saga has been drifting along for some time and with him being in the last season of his contract, an offer in the region of £10 million may have been enough to tempt the club.
However, with only Andy Carroll as back up it seems the Hammers continue in a season of high anxiety with yet another major reshuffle on the cards.
It could well see Michail Antonio now permanently relinquishing his favoured right wing role for a central position or a reliance on Andre Ayew to operate through the middle unless the Irons are about to sign a big name striker.
If not this will be a big mistake to go with several others which will come back to haunt us and leave me wondering whether there is any plan going on inside the club at all!