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Premier League striker Diafra Sakho has been arrested on suspicion of assault and criminal damage.

The West Ham star was held when officers swooped on his £3million home in Hornchurch, Essex, last Thursday.

The 25-year-old was arrested on suspicion of common assault, criminal damage and malicious communication and quizzed at a police station in Tower Hamlets, East London and bailed until September.

Senegalese international Sakho, who joined West Ham for £3.5million last year and scored 12 goals in his first season, is now rated at £15million.

The arrest came just three days before he helped his club to an opening 2-0 win against London rivals Arsenal.

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A spokesman from Scotland Yard said: “Officers from Tower Hamlets have arrested a man on suspicion of common assault, criminal damage and malicious communication.

"The 25-year-old was arrested on Thursday, 6 August at an address in Emerson Park, Hornchurch. He was taken to an east London police station and has been bailed to a date in late September."

Sakho joined West Ham in August last year and has scored 10 goals for the team in 24 appearances.