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title: "West Brom: Mamadou Sakho update provided"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-mamadou-sakho-sam-allardyce-joseph-masi-crystal-palace-hawthorns/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-01-05T20:05:58Z"
modified: "2021-01-05T20:05:58Z"
---

# West Brom: Mamadou Sakho update provided

**Joseph Masi has [revealed](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2021/01/04/sam-eyes-foxes-choudhury-as-he-looks-to-shore-up-albion/) that reports linking West Bromwich Albion to Mamadou Sakho are wide of the mark.**

### **WBA not after Sakho**

With the Baggies currently 19th in the Premier League table with just [one](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table) win to their name, this promises to be an important transfer window for Sam Allardyce at the Hawthorns.

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West Brom have been [linked](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2021/01/04/sam-eyes-foxes-choudhury-as-he-looks-to-shore-up-albion/) with a move for Sakho, along with Cenk Tosun, but Masi says that the Baggies are unlikely to make a move for either player.

### **Shame**

Allardyce signed Sakho when he was the manager of Crystal Palace, so he is a player that the manager clearly knows. It is, therefore, somewhat of a shame that there is seemingly nothing in this reported interest.

The [£8.55m-valued,](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mamadou-sakho/marktwertverlauf/spieler/47713) 29-time France international (Transfermarkt) has a good pedigree, having appeared for Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool in the past, while he was called [“incredible”](https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/crystal-palace-duo-come-in-for-special-praise-from-manager-roy-hodgson/) by Roy Hodgson earlier this year.

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Unsurprisingly for a team towards the bottom of the table, West Brom are struggling defensively. However, the scale of their problems at the back are particularly worrying – they have already conceded [39](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table) goals, which is at least six more than any other side. Clearly, defensive reinforcements are needed – it looks like Sakho, though, will not be coming in.

***In other news, [West Brom fans want to sign this Championship man.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-transfer-rumours/west-brom-baggies-duncan-watmore-sam-allardyce-transfer-middlesbrough/)***