Over the years, West Ham United appear to have had a lot of bad luck with their striker signings, or lack thereof.
It seems that almost every summer sees the Hammers looking around the world for a new forward capable of scoring plenty of goals, only for whoever comes in to struggle or end up injured.
Ginaluca Scamacca managed to combine both of those this season after his €36m move from Sassuolo, but back in 2003, there was one man who was supposed to sign for West Ham, only for him to be unable to, as Pape Thiaw explained to So Foot.
The now 42-year-old retired player turned manager had a look back over his career with the French magazine, where he discussed the early days of his time in Europe, back when he was at Lausanne Sport in Switzerland.
“That’s why I stayed in Switzerland and the club went under. I went to Metz, a club that has always welcomed Senegalese players well, and from where I keep great memories.”
Over the course of his career, after the failed move to West Ham, the forward never managed to settle down anywhere, eventually retiring in 2014 at USS Tamponaise in Réunion Island.
Nowadays, he most recently managed Senegal A in the 2022 African Nations Championship, taking over in July last year, and has overseen five games, of which he has won four and lost one.
