We've been trying Bakary up front because we're so desperately short of numbers, but he has never previously been a centre forward at any point in his career. He's a winger.
Sakho has a nearly 1 in 3 goal ratio for West Ham. Considering that Palace's 25 man squad currently has *one* fit striker in Christian Benteke and literally not a single backup option, Sakho will certainly improve our squad if not our first XI.