Diafra Sakho was back training with West Ham on Friday, following his bizarre transfer-day attempt to engineer a move to French club Rennes.
The Senegal striker also had talks with manager Slaven Bilic about the future, with West Ham insisting on an immediate improvement in the player’s behaviour if he wants to avoid club sanctions.
Sakho apparently wanted to move back to France for reasons not connected to football. He travelled there earlier this week apparently to undergo a private medical, which was not sanctioned by the club, prior to a proposed £9million move to Rennes.
He then failed to appear for training on Thursday and was later spotted at Chelmsford racecourse, where his agent Mark McKay’s horse was running.
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Bilic is understood to have told the player that any future similar behaviour will not be tolerated and that he must stay fit and play a certain percentage of games before next January, when his position at the club will be further reviewed.
