Sullivan makes it game set and match – Sakho’s a stayer

David Sullivan has joined David Gold in uttering the words we have been waiting to hear: Diafra Sakho is going nowhere” – full stop!

The chairman – who was responsible for bringing the striker to the club during the Allardyce era – has been watching media events unfold and has joined Gold in telling  CandH exclusively that the 27 year old only has future this season – at West ham United.

Theered a double whammy via ClaretandHugh which are now bound to ward off any more hopeful bids from the likes of Crystal Palace and Rennes whose guns have been well and truly spiked.

Having nursed the player back to health after his injury woes the chairman broke his silence to tell us from a holiday retreat: “It’s daft to me, with 24 hours of the window left, to sell a proven striker we have taken a year to get right. He is going nowhere.”

That has now ended a saga which has dominated the Hammers scene all day – it now remains to be seen how the player reacts!