Why the Senegalese AS El Hadji Malick Diouf could be exactly what West Ham is looking for

The path of Slavia Prague to West Ham United has become a very extensive element, after the Hammers landed the young Senegalese international, El Hadji Malick Diouf, in their ranks.

In recent years, Vladimir Coufal and Tomas Soucek have exchanged the Czech League for the English high flight and have proven to be incredible success during their rules in eastern London.

Diouf according to the traces of Soucek and Coufal

In the case of Soucek, he has somehow became a cult hero for the faithful of London Stadium, and even won the coveted prize of the hammer of the year for the 2020/21 campaign.

Fate would also decree that when the irons have won their first major title in more than 40 years – the conference league – the final would also be played on the Slavia field.

Now, it’s the turn of Diouf, 20, to prove that it is also done good things in order to succeed in the “best league in the world”.

“A very physical style”

Jakub Dvorak of Flashscore thinks that the player is likely to do that exactly.

“Malick is aggressive and hard in duels, attacks well and has an excellent work rate” He said. “He is used to playing a very physical style that was typical of the Manager of Slavia, Jindrich Trpisovsky. He runs. Many.

“In the Czech League, he impressed with his high speed, his dynamism, his offensive work and his shooting capacity.

“He played in the position of the wing in the best team in the league, so he did not have to defend as much and was a more offensive player with a lot of cross and passing in a penalty surface. He therefore had detestable attack numbers of course.

“In the Premier League, I think the defense can be its weak point, but he is still a very young player who needs to learn tactics, and the quality defense is one of them.”

Diouf’s “dream” to play in the EPL

Since the young stocky is known to have held in perfect physical condition, it would be surprising if the opposition attackers continue to prevail once he is installed in the Premier League.

During his stay in Slavia – which only started at the beginning of 2024 – he became renowned as a player with a superb engine to go up and down from the minute to the first in the minute 90.

A player who likes to attack on every occasion, but who is just as happy to bring the foot in case of need, West Ham fans will almost certainly love his commitment to the full blood towards the cause. A cause with which the player himself is happy to line up.

“It was a good plan for me,” It was cited as.

“I mean West Ham supporters, I’m very happy to be here with them. I think we will have a very good season this year.

“Everyone wants to come here to play in the Premier League. I think it’s a dream for everyone.”

Excellent shooting precision and conversion rate

Seven goals and two assists in his first 27 Czech championship games last season placed him fourth in the Slavia team, and this out of four ratio in terms of goals scored is a more than accetable return for a background.

A shooting precision of 57.1% is only improved by his teammate, Lukas Provod, and Diouf can also claim to have the third best conversion rate in the team (19.4%).

The Provod, once again, and Tomas Chory are the only Slavia players to have had more than the young people on the target, while the Touches de Diouf in 1667 through the 2024/25 campaign were the third in the team and prove that the work rate to which the Jakub Dvorak de Flashscore refers.

Although its statistics of completion of the 75.7% pass is not the best, it is even more than acceptable; However, it is always an area of his game that he will quickly improve.

Indeed, only Soucek (74.8%), Alphonse Areola (66.1%), Niclas Fullkrug (67.9%), Michail Antonio (70.8%), Lukasz Fabianski (63.5%) and Danny Ings (71.6%) are worse – and a number of these players did not play for long periods from season 24/25.

If he wants to be a success in his new club, it is not a good diouf becoming another “occupied fool” for the hammers, where he seems to be all actions, but when you scrape the surface, you find that his work is not up to the task or to help his team at the levels they need.

Nothing less than 100% effort

That said, his 229 individual duels on the ground and 70 air duels suggested that he is a player who likes to get stuck, and his 34 attempts at plated last season compares to his West Ham counterparts during the same period.

If there is one thing that they like more than everything at the London Stadium, it is the players who carry their hearts on their sleeves and give everything for the black and the blue cause. The faithful in eastern London know their football and will accept nothing less than 100%.

If Diouf gives the club that every week, it will be forgiven for the whole gap.