According to the Evening Standard, Diafra Sakho is set to leave West Ham for Rennes in a deal worth £9m.
Sakho flew into France today to meet Rennes, with the two clubs now having agreed a fee, according to Kaveh Solhekol.
Twitter: West Ham forward Diafra Sakho has just passed Rennes medical. £9m deal agreed (@SkyKaveh)
Sakho has struggled to get back into the starting XI after many injuries as well as Javier Hernandez and Andy Carroll being ahead of him in the pecking order.
He scored in his first six games for West Ham, becoming an instant fan favourite, forming a good partnership with Enner Valencia in Sam Allardyce’s narrow 4-1-2-1-2 system.
Sakho played and scored in West Ham’s Carabao Cup tie against Cheltenham last week, after returning from injury for the beginning of this season.
He came on from the bench just days before on West Ham’s 3-2 defeat away to Southampton but he looked very dangerous with new signing, Hernandez, up front.
