Brentford close to finalising £40m deal for West Ham's El Hadji Malick Diouf

West Ham are set to make a significant profit on the £19m they spent on Diouf last summer.

Standard Sport understands a deal is close to being finalised after the Bees agreed to pay the Hammers a fee that could, including add-ons, be worth £40million.Brentford are understood to be paying around £36m up front.A five-year contract has been agreed for the Senegalese left wing-back, whose sale will provide the H