Courted Senegalese: Kyiv teenager still in Bayern focus – transfer thanks to FIFA war clause?
Created: 06/27/2022Updated: 06/27/2022 11:32 am
By: Antonio Jose Riether
Diallo scored two more goals for Kyiv in September's 4-0 away win in Munich.
© Mladen Lackovic/imago-images
Months ago, Dynamo Kyiv talent Samba Diallo proudly told about the conversation with the FC Bayern scouts.
Now half of Europe is courting the Senegalese teenager.
Munich/Kyiv – The past season was more than sobering for the FC Bayern U19s.
In addition to a weak ninth place in the southern division of the Bundesliga, Munich were eliminated from the Youth League in December with just three points.
The FCB youngsters had to put up with particularly bad bankruptcies internationally, losing twice to the juniors of Dynamo Kyiv.
An offensive player from the Ukrainians played himself into the focus of the Bayern scouts - now even several top clubs are said to be on the 19-year-old's turn.
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Samba Diallo: Senegal talent celebrated big victories in Ukraine - then came the war
The past few months have not been easy for the Ukrainian people, who are still exposed to Russian war of aggression.
The sport thus moved more and more into the background.
When Samba Diallo moved from the Académie Foot Darou Salam in Dakar to Dynamo Kyiv in July last year, he could not have guessed that six months later he would find himself in the war zone.
In terms of sport, things went perfectly for him and his team, in the Youth League not only Bayern, but also the Barcelona youth were left far behind.
After the victory over La Coruña in the second round came the armed conflict.
In April, the U19s lost 2-1 to Sporting Lisbon in the round of 16, the first competitive game by a Ukrainian team since the beginning of the war.
Samba Diallo reported on a conversation with Bayern scouts - a report on ten interested parties
Up to that point, Diallo had scored five goals in eight international games. He came up trumps in the 4-0 win on the FC Bayern campus in September and scored twice.
In an interview with ITV Sénégal after the group game, he already gave details of a conversation with the Bayern scouts.
"After the game against Bayern, I was contacted by the officials at the German club.
They were enthusiastic about my performance,” Diallo said at the time.
Youth League on campus: Double goal scorer Samba Diallo in a duel with Lucas Copado.
© Markus Fischer/imago-images.de
Senegal's two-time 20-year-old international has been in France since March, as evidenced by his Instagram appearance.
The football transfers
portal
has now received information from France about those interested in signing Diallo.
In addition to FC Bayern, the Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig are also vying for his services, with Olympique Marseille, Olympique Lyon and AS Monaco, three clubs from the French league are also named in the report.
Diallo is also said to be on the list for major Belgian clubs FC Brugge and RSC Anderlecht, as well as top clubs AC Milan and FC Barcelona.
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Diallo still has a contract in Kyiv until 2026, but staying in the country due to the war is out of the question.
Notwithstanding the contract, the winger could benefit from a FIFA decision which would allow players from Ukrainian and Russian clubs to put their contracts on hold for a year until 30 June 2023 should a targeted transfer go through.
Although FC Bayern Munich is just one of many applicants, the Munich team established contact with Diallo early on and could therefore have an advantage.
The transfer of the most famous Senegalese Sadio Mané to the Isar could also have an attraction for the teenager.
(ajr)
