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title: "West Brom agree fee with West Ham for Diafra Sakho"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
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published: "2016-07-31T12:43:02Z"
modified: "2016-07-31T12:43:02Z"
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# West Brom agree fee with West Ham for Diafra Sakho

West Brom have agreed a fee in the region of £16m with West Ham for striker Diafra Sakho, according to [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/10518203/west-brom-agree-fee-with-west-ham-for-diafra-sakho-sky-sources).

Sakho’s future at West Ham (or lack of it) have been made pretty clear in the last few weeks after he handed in a transfer request and refused to travel with the squad for their pre-season tour of Austria in order to force a move.

> Twitter: WATCH: @WBA agree fee with @whufc\_official for Diafra Sakho – Sky sources: [https://t.co/6A35erjyH6](https://t.co/6A35erjyH6) #SSNHQ [https://t.co/KZefff0oxk](https://t.co/KZefff0oxk) (@SkySportsNewsHQ)

It’s believed that Sakho in unhappy with the club’s public chase of a top striker this summer believing he is more than capable of doing the job but he’s failed to do so during his two seasons in English football.

![Michael Regan/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/07/460097650.jpg)

Just five goals last season in an injury-hit campaign illustrated to us all that Sakho was not reliable enough to be the lead man for the Hammers going forward.

A £16m deal with West Brom has been agreed which breaks their transfer record set last summer when they signed Salomon Rondon from Zenit St. Petersburg in a £12m deal.

Sakho will now hold talks with West Brom over a move. Sunderland and Crystal Palace have also been heavily linked with a move for the Senegal international striker but neither side have matched West Ham’s asking price.