Sakho’s transfer request – the fans react

Hugh5outhon1895

8 years ago

Diafra Sakho has handed in a transfer request to the club.

The Senegal striker is believed by many to be the best striker at West Ham so how have the fans at ClaretandHugh’s Facebook Group responded.

Here’s some views after allowing the news to sink in properly over the last few hours.

‘Sak’in much happier times

O Get rid. No use keeping unhappy players

O Of course a reason a transfer request is put in is to help negotiations already in progress. He forfeits ‘loyalty payments’ and other contractual obligations as part of a deal.

O Shame, but don’t want to be part of WHUFC-GO! 😉⚒

O I still really rate him and don’t really want to see him banging them in for someone else.

O I’d feel a bit peeved after hearing for a year that a ’20 goal man’ is coming in. Especially after battling through two nasty injuries.

O The team works with a happy dressing room nothing or no one should be allowed to risk that, get a deal done ASAP.

O He leaves we lose him, he stays we’ve lost him anyway as he’s clearly been pulling the shirt on under sufferance since being dropped for the Arsenal match. Can he overcome his differences? What effect will it have on the others… time to go.

O Doesn’t seem long ago he was in DS’s mansion signing a new contract. We thought he was mustard then. Pity but like Tonks, I think he’d now be second choice and that’s not fair. Tough to let someone go before we have a new star ‘nailed-on’ and having proved they’re better.

O Think we’re in serious trouble if he goes. He’s the only ‘proper’ forward we have. Valencia is off too. Andy carrol isn’t a 20 goals a season man. We’ll bring in untested untried mercenaries for 25 mil, 150 grand a week and it’ll take them a whole season to bed in. No sell on fee because they are knocking on. Payet is an exception of course

O To be quite honest totally fed up with Sakho. Good player when his head is right. But he can be trouble with a capital “T”. Get price that club thinks is good business and move on.

O Too moody, too injury prone and he obviously thinks he’s not good enough to compete with other strikers for a starting place. Bye bye then.