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title: "Sakho set to leave West Ham this week"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2018/01/10/sakho-set-to-leave-west-ham-this-week/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2018-01-10T22:07:18Z"
modified: "2018-01-10T22:07:18Z"
---

# Sakho set to leave West Ham this week

West Ham are set to complete the sale of Diafra Sakho to Crystal Palace by the end of the week.

[According to The Mirror,](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/crystal-palace-confident-tying-up-11830769) Sakho is set to join Palace on a permanent deal over the next few days.

The report claims that Sakho is keen to make the move happen and escape from [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/), where he has been frozen out of the first-team picture.

Sakho has found [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) starts hard to come by over the past few seasons.

![Ian Walton/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2018/01/528928970.jpg)

Crystal Palace are actively looking to strengthen their attacking options in the January transfer window and have identified Sakho as an ideal target, with [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) experience.

The 28-year-old scored eight goals in his first ten games for [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/) after joining the club from Metz.

He has 18 [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) goals to his name, including two this season for [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/).

West Ham are expected to do business before the window closes.