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The London side are set to spend big in the summer as they look to celebrate their move to the Olympic Stadium, and have identified the attacker as a potential acquisition

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• Fifa act over Senegal striker’s appearance against Bristol City • West Ham cleared to face West Brom; Bristol City disappointed • Adebayor’s West Ham loan move vetoed by Spurs’ Daniel Levy West Ham United have been cleared to continue their FA Cup campaign at West Bromwich Albion next week after Fifa opted to fine and reprimand the London club for fielding Diafra Sakho in their fourth round victory at Bristol City. Sakho, a…

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Fifa have opted against expelling the Hammers from England’s most prestigious cup competition, and have instead issued a financial penalty and a reprimand to the striker

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The former Metz forward scored the winning goal against Bristol City despite being ruled out of the Africa Cup of Nations and could now be punished by the world’s governing body

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• Striker ruled out of Senegal’s African Nations campaign • Scored only goal in FA Cup win over Bristol City Fifa has opened a disciplinary case against West Ham United and Diafra Sakho for a “potential violation” of regulations over the striker playing for his club during Senegal’s African Cup of Nations campaign. Sakho came off the bench to score the only goal in West Ham’s FA Cup fourth-round victory over Bristol City …

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• Sides want Cheikhou Kouyaté and Papiss Cissé for weekend • Communication difficulties after Senegal are knocked out Newcastle United and West Ham have initiated an attempted ‘airlift’ of Premier League players from Equatorial Guinea. With Senegal now out of the Africa Cup of Nations , Newcastle are keen to have Papiss Cissé back in time to play at Hull City on Saturday and West Ham United would like Cheikhou Kouyaté back for the trip to Liverpool the same day. The two …

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The forward pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations due to a back injury and his international side do not think he should play club football while the tournament is ongoing

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• Sam Allardyce blamed injury on medical ‘mishap’ • Alex Song retires from international duty • David Sullivan’s son sorry for Twitter rant at West Ham players The West Ham striker Diafra Sakho will not play in the Africa Cup of Nations because of the back problem Sam Allardyce believes was aggravated by mistreatment by Senegal’s team doctors in November. Sakho did not travel with the Senegal squad to Morocco on Wednesday, where they will finalise…

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• Sam Allardyce does not trust Senegal’s medical team • Player last returned from international duties injured • ‘I signed Andy Carroll instead of Wilfried Bony’ Sam Allardyce says he does not trust Senegal’s medical team to look after Diafra Sakho properly during the Africa Cup of Nations . The West Ham United manager remains furious at how Sakho returned from international duty in November with a back and neck injury, which Allardyce said was…

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Senegalese midfielder arrived at Upton Park for £7m in the summer after seven seasons, and four titles, with Anderlecht Cheikhou Kouyaté has never been afraid to suffer for his art. West Ham Uniteds new midfielder is used to it and he has been making sacrifices for a long time, ever since he left his family home in Senegal as a teenager and moved to Europe on his own. He has learned to be tough and hard work feels…

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