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According to Turkish news outlet Haberturk, Sivasspor are expected to re-sign Leicester City winger Fousseni Diabate.
What’s the word?
The 23-year-old spent time on loan at the Super Lig club in the second half of last season, where he made 17 appearances and scored two goals.
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It appears likely that a return is on the cards with Sivasspor enquiring about the young winger.
He moved to the King Power Stadium under Claude Puel in January 2018, signing from Ajaccio, but hasn’t featured this season.
Under the Foxes’ former boss, he played 19 times, netting two goals.
Current manager Brendan Rodgers spoke about the player in a press conference last week, calling him a ‘talent’ but suggesting he is going to struggle to get ahead of the other wingers at the club.
An unfortunate victim
As Rodgers says, Diabate faces tough competition with Harvey Barnes, Demarai Gray and Marc Albrighton at the club.
Not only that, the Northern Irishman has used his wingers sparingly this season with Ayoze Perez and James Maddison being preferred as inside forwards of sorts.
Barnes came on at the weekend and netted the winner against Sheffield United, which has boosted his claims for a first-team spot, whilst Gray remains highly-rated at the club.
That’s even despite the 5 foot 9 Diabete outperforming the Birmingham City academy graduate, which suggests he’s merely an unfortunate victim of who Rodgers favours more.
Diabate laid on three assists in his 17 appearances at Sivasspor, two more than Gray last season, who played 34 times in the Premier League.
The Malian also recorded 2.1 dribbles per game compared to Gray’s 1.2 and was fouled more times at 1.2 per match compared to the 23-year-old’s 0.4.
His 0.4 crosses per game was also higher than Gray’s 0.1, but it appears the Ajaccio man is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and would be better off leaving.
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