Sarcy Giresse hails Sakho 'miracle recovery'

  • by Staff Writer
  • Monday, 26th January 2015

Senegal head coach Alain Giresse has blasted West Ham after Diafra Sakho returned from injury earlier than expected to score the winning goal against Bristol City yesterday.

Giresse, who is currently preparing his Senegal side for their third African Cup of Nations fixture against Algeria tomorrow insisted that the situation involving Sakho - who was withdrawn from Senegal's AFCON squad at the beginning of Janaury - would be closely examined.

The 62-year-old French coach was disappointed at Sakho's early return to first team football having been told at the beginning of the month by West Ham's medical team that the striker could face up to six weeks on the sidelines with a back injury.

As a result Giresse removed Sakho from the squad, giving his place to Sion's Pape Moussa Konate.

Sepaking to L'Equipe this afternoon, a furious Giresse insisted that representatives from the African country will examine the situation to determine whether any action could be taken against West Ham.

"First of all we will worry about tomorrow's match, on the lads who are there and not those who are not," he said. "But I was surprised to hear that he [Sakho] played.

"Supposedly he couldn't fly for six weeks but was able to return to playing. Maybe the English have a miracle medicine. We will look into this later.

"If things like this happen and nothing is said, it becomes serious for international football. We will end up with lots of players who are not allowed to travel but can still play."

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