Diafra Sakho will
not be sold until West Ham United find replacements for the striker,
the Premier League side's co-chairman David Sullivan has said.
The
26-year-old Senegalese scored five times in 21 league appearances after
missing much of last season with a thigh muscle strain and, according
to British media, handed a transfer request to leave the club.
West
Ham have already signed wingers Sofiane Feghouli and Gokhan Tore and
defender Havard Nordtveit, but sold James Tomkins to Crystal Palace.
"He
is not for sale until we get players in. Until we bring strikers in, we
simply cannot let strikers go. James Tomkins was different because we
had a surplus in the centre-half department," Sullivan told the Mirror.
"But until we get
at least a couple of strikers we can't let any forward go. I am a little
concerned because I'd like to have signed one by now. But it is what it
is."
Sullivan also said West Ham
have already dipped into the transfer market in search for a forward but
have struggled to finalise a deal.
"The problem is
every striker you go for, there are 10 others clubs interested in him.
So the player is just hanging about looking to get the best deal. I
can't say I blame him," he added.
West Ham, who
secured a Europa League qualifying spot for the second straight year
after finishing seventh in the league, open their 2016-17 domestic
league campaign against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Aug. 15.
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