West Ham’s Diafra Sakho is to face FIFA disciplinary proceedings after the Senegal striker missed the Africa Cup of Nations.
FIFA have opened up an investigation into the circumstance in which the player withdrew from the tournament in Equatorial Guinea due to a back problem, but then came on as a substitute to score the winner in West Ham’s FA Cup fourth round tie at Bristol City.
Senegal Football Federation forwarded a complaint to FIFA after getting to know that Sakho played that match, the nation’s coach Alain Giresse, claiming West Ham had set a “dangerous precedent” by opting to select the 25-year-old.
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce and co-owner David Sullivan revealed that they do not expect Sakho to be banned by the world governing body but FIFA confirmed that it had opened proceedings against the London club.
