LOSC Lille chasing the signature of Lazio player Mobido Diakite – Ligue 1 news
Reigning French Ligue 1 champions LOSC Lille are reportedly keen on the services of Mobido Diakite who is currently on the books of Italian Serie A side S.S. Lazio.
Following the arrival of Marko Basa (Lokomotiv Moscow), Aurelien Chedjou (Rouen) and signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Rozehnal-c10594 on a permanent basis, coach Rudi Garcia is now looking to add one more defender to his squad before he ends his work in this summer’s transfer window.
The 24-year-old defender is now attracting the interest of Rudi Garcia according to reports in Italian media.
However, it appears that neither Diakite nor his agent M. Savini know anything about Lille’s interest in the Hauts-de-Seine-born defender.
While talking to the media, M. Savini said that he has no idea if Lille are interested in Diakite and revealed that no one from the French club has contacted him about Diakite.
“Modibo is under contract at Lazio until June 2013. He feels good in Rome and so far, the direction of Lazio considers Mobido as an important player in the squad,” said Savini while talking to Italian reporters.
However it seems that the agent has not closed the door on Mobido’s chances of joining Les Dogues. “Lille is a very good team and if there is a good opportunity, we will talk seriously with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 about it,” the agent added thus giving Rudi Garcia a hope
of signing the highly-rated defender.
A fee in the region of five million Euros is believed to be enough for securing the services of the Bourg-la-Reine native.
Diakite is a product of the Delfino Pescara youth academy and after making just one Serie B appearance for the Delfini in 2006, the youngster joined Roman giants Lazio in the summer of 2006.
After initially missing most part of the 2007/2008 season due to a serious tibia injury, the youngster has finally started showing a lot of promise. So far, Diakite has made 32 appearances for Aquile and the Italian club might be reluctant to let go of the
young defender who is being considered as the future of Lazio by the club manager Edoardo Reja.
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