Arsenal are showing interest in Midtjylland defender Ousmane Diomande, but he will face competition from Sporting Lisbon.
Since Mikel Arteta took over as Arsenal manager, the Spaniard and Edu Gaspar have focused on young talent from around the world when recruiting. Arteta seems to prefer nurturing and developing talent rather than signing world-class players out of the box and it’s certainly a strategy that has worked so far.
With Arsenal at the top of the Premier League, it’s hard to argue with their philosophy of signing younger players.
Now, according to journalist Bruno Andrade, Arsenal are interested in signing Diomande, and Sporting have already made an offer for the young defender.
Ousmane Diomandé is well referenced, but he walks to be “discarded” by Sporting. Midtjylland put a “price I don’t want to sell” for the young central defender: around €10 million. The lions are €5 million. There are people interested in English football, like Arsenal
— Bruno Andrade (@brunoandrd) January 18, 2023
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Diomande is an 18-year-old centre-back currently on loan in the Portuguese second division and, despite his young age, he is already a regular at Mafra.
A transfer for Diomande is unlikely to lead him directly to the Arsenal first team due to his age and lack of first-tier experience, but signing this profile of player can often be just as important as signing players capable of coming directly to the starting eleven.
