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West Ham locked player in boot of car to avoid transfer being leaked to media
Premier League.The Senegalese hitman came to the attention of Premier League clubs during a hugely successful three and a half year stint at Ralf Ragnick’s Hoffenheim, where his goals propelled them from Bundesliga 2 to a top half Bundesliga team.In January 2011, Ba felt Hoffenheim had gone back on their word to sell him so he fled to England without his clubs permission to pursue a move.But it turns out that was just the start of Ba’s undisclosed travel arrangements.With West Ham in the midst of a relegation battle, they persuaded Ba to go to unusual lengths to keep his arrival a secret.Ba told The Athletic: “They said they didn’t want journalists to find out, so I obeyed.“It wasn’t the biggest boot.
