Charlton Athletic stopper Souleymane Diawara is on the verge of a move away from the relegated London side.
His agent Roger Boli has exclusively revealed to setanta.com that a host of clubs have made firm approaches for the player.
Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund appear to be in pole position to sign the African ace, who is interested in moving to Germany.
"That is true that we have been solicited by lots of clubs" Boli told setanta.com.
"I have to meet Souleymane this week, as he is back from holidays. We will study his options, but for the moment we are waiting."
He added: "There is a real interest from Dortmund. Souleymane could be interested to join them and play in the Bundesliga."
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"So far I've only been able to get Dortmund interested so I need to pretend lots of clubs are interested to get my agents fee up"
He'll pass to Fritz ze ball !!
I don't buy into this "he turned it round" bollocks. He was fecking total crap when he came and, from what I saw, improved only marginally as the season wore on. He was still prone to some terrible clangers and losses of concentration and his passing was shite.
Don't forget that come the end of the season Pards was leaving him out of the side and even the squad so he can't be that big of a fan either.
If we can offload Diawara and Faye then we will have purged ourselves of the Dowie era disasters, albeit at a hefty price.
I would not want to see him leave on a free, though. Might be that he gets loaned out for a year with someone else paying his wages and also putting him in the shop window.
"So far I've only been able to get Dortmund interested so I need to pretend lots of clubs are interested to get my agents fee up"[/quote]
Dortmund have lost Christoph Metzelder to Real Madrid and definitely need a centre-back.
yeah he started coming good near the end despite what ormiston says but he was'n t "great"
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yeah he started coming good near the end despite what ormiston says but he was'n t "great"[/quote]
Thing is Ledge that he was so bad to begin with that he could hardly get worse, could he? Remember the Wigan game when he stood off Forlan and let him have a free shot from the edge of the box? What about the Sheffield Utd game where he gave away TWO free kicks on the edge of our box with crazy challenges?
If he was that good then Pards would not have dropped him towards the end of the season in favour of Elk/HH/Magic.
Getting rid of his likely 20k per week wages and even recouping half his fee would be a result for us.
He just seems to melt under heavy aerial pressure (Wigan away) which is just no good to us in the CCC which is why Pards has brought in McCarthy to bolster the back four.
I have seen nothing to suggest that Magic has what it takes, and the new signings are all unproven too. Centre half is a critical position - esp if we have an inexperienced keeper too.
I don't know for sure, but others have suggested before that he may not actually be that highly paid, since we signed him from a medium-sized French club. Agree the fee was OTT, but can't blame Souley himself for that...
I reckon Souley's got talent but he's also got the wrong mentality for CAFC, especially in the Championship.
Sheff Wed were pretty pissed off to lose him and in the Championship he is a proven performer.
Yes, Peanuts, I really do think that. I'm not as head over heels enamoured by Pards and his signings as some are (though don't see any better options as manager at the moment). I've not seen a lot of Magic yet, but am concerned that he doesn't have the composure which is critical in that position. He got badly caught out several times. He wasn't that cheap either!
I have seen nothing to suggest that Magic has what it takes, and the new signings are all unproven too.[/quote]
Do you really think that?[/quote]
Yes, Peanuts, I really do think that. I'm not as head over heels enamoured by Pards and his signings as some are (though don't see any better options as manager at the moment). I've not seen a lot of Magic yet, but am concerned that he doesn't have the composure which is critical in that position. He got badly caught out several times. He wasn't that cheap either![/quote]
Fair enough. Time will tell but I have a sneaking feeling Magic will be a star next season.... famous last words.
Meanwhile, the jury may still be out on Bougherra but in all fairness the bloke has only played about 5 games, if that.
He was big money for a centre half, one that isn't dominent at that. He needs to have a good start to the season, and importantly remain injury free.
I take it that Bougherra and McCarthy is going to be the first choice pairing ?
Thatcher, Bougherra, McCarthy, U21 french dood - with Fortune, Sankofa, Powell, Semedo, Tanska as backup.
Oops I forgot the legendary Cory Gibbs!