<text>  Diafra Sakho took to Instagram to show off how he and his West Ham team-mates were relaxing in Dubai during their warm-weather training camp. Carlton Cole and Guy Demel were among those out for lunch at the luxury Blue Marlin Ibiza in the United Arab Emirates on Friday. West Ham next face Arsenal in the Barclays Premier League on March 14 and Sam Allardyce took the opportunity to fly his squad to Dubai to recharge their batteries. Diafra Sakho showed off how he and team-mates including Carlton Cole left and Guy Demel second from right were relaxing in Dubai . Cheikhou Kouyate left poses with his fellow West Ham players in an Instagram post before going to Dubai . West Ham assistant manager Neil McDonald told the clubs official website: Since the start of December its been full on and were only just coming up for air at the start of March. Its been a tough couple of months but what we normally do is go away so the lads can get a bit of sun on their backs. We do a bit of training in the gym and along the beach, as well as having a couple of football sessions. Its more important that they have a bit of relaxation time and get the sun on their backs. In last two or three months everyones had their tracksuit tops, gloves and hats on and itll be great to go across there and well still be working, but special for the boys that its in the heat. Winston Reid had to leave the game against Chelsea after eight minutes with a hamstring problem . 