article_snippet.sent: Diafra Sakho Diafra Sakho is out for the remainder of the season after tearing a thigh muscle on Saturday against Stoke City.
article_snippet.sent: The 25-year-old is West Ham runaway top scorer this season with 12 goals and was forced off after 59 minutes during their 1-1 draw at home.
article_snippet.sent: West Ham claimed Diafra Sakho could return 'before the end of the season' on their official website, but West Ham appears unlikely the Senegal international will be fit enough to feature before the next campaign.
article_snippet.sent: Diafra Sakho Diafra Sakho limps off against Stoke City after 59 minutes to be replaced by Carlton Cole .
article_snippet.sent: the striker has scored 12 goals this season but is set to miss the rest of the next campaign .
article_snippet.sent: Ten of Diafra Sakho's 12 goals came in the Barclays Premier League, with Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing the club's next top scorers with just five apiece.
article_snippet.sent: Sakho in action for West Ham during their 1-1 draw against Stoke in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday .
highlights_snippet.sent: Diafra Sakho was forced off after 59 minutes due to an injury .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Diafra Sakho is understood the striker has torn a thigh muscle during the match .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Diafra Sakho is unlikely to be able to feature for West Ham again this season .