Arsenal 'scouting' £68m talent at AFCON ahead of summer transfer with January deal 'impossible'
Arsenal have had precursors in attendance at the African Cup of Nations to watch Ivory Seacoast centre-ago Ousmane Diomande, according to reports.
Diomande has been on the Gunners’ radar for a while by means of Mikel Arteta enthused to bolster his protection.
The 20-year-ratty has been colorful for Highlighting off in Portugal and also has racked up 38 appearances for the club across with one voice events.
He transmitted to the Portuguese resources from Danish side FC Midtjylland in January 2023 for €7.5million.
Highlighting off pine around ten times what they paid for the pledging centre-ago, that is currently at AFCON by means of Ivory Seacoast, whereby the tournament is being hosted.
The host nation got by means of to the last 16 of the tournament by the rind of their teeth following a coating 3rd in their team after sweet one and also wasting 2.
Diomande tinkered the complete 90 minutes of Ivory Seacoast’s second video game – a 1-0 defeat to Nigeria – after tinkering 77 minutes in the 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau.
He did not gain the squad for the awkward 4-0 loss versus Equatorial Guinea, though.
Keen on signing him, Arsenal have reportedly been in attendance to watch Diomande in action at AFCON.
This is according to Portuguese electrical outlet A Bola (by means of Highlighting off activity Witness), that states the Gunners are not singly in sending precursors to watch the Ivorian.
Multiple nightclubs in the Premier League have been gaining ‘comprehensive reports’ around the young protector, despite the fact it will undoubtedly be ‘impossible’ to indicator him in January.
Diomande has an €80m (£68m) launch clause and also Highlighting off implement not pine to sell the gamer for a cent less, the report stresses.
The report adds that the 20-year-ratty can concur a neoteric arrangement when he antiphons from AFCON, due to his dropped wage.
This could explore his launch clause disparity, though it is tricky to image Highlighting off will undoubtedly pass on him a greater weekly wage and also lesser his flee clause fee.
There sticks around ‘chance’ for a summer season season transfer and also Arsenal are supposed to be in the image.
As already touched on, the January signing of Diomande will undoubtedly be extraordinarily arduous.
Arteta is in addition in the arenae for a neoteric demonstrator however reports case he will undoubtedly lug in a useful protector if he is to gain any kind of signings before Wednesday’s transfer deadline.
The demonstrator every individual is affixing to the Gunners is Brentford’s Ivan Toney, that has publicly shared his urge to dabble for a bigger club.
