OM’s revelation last season under the orders of Jorge Sampaoli, Bamba Dieng, recently transferred to Lorient, is struggling to be effective in his new colors. His transfer already raises questions.
Recruited for 10 million by Lorient, in order to compensate for the departure of Terem Moffi, who left for OGC Nice, Bamba Dieng does not currently give great satisfaction to the Hakes. The Senegalese has only scored 2 goals in 10 games played in the colors of the current 10th in Ligue 1. Considered undesirable by Igor Tudor and the Marseille staff at the start of the season, Dieng was one of the big soap operas last summer at OM. If he is now a Lorient player, the 23-year-old striker seems to have lost all the bite he showed last year in the league, with Marseille. On the occasion of its edition of this Sunday April 9, the Team contacted Jean-Marie David, one of the assistants of Régis Le Bris who spoke about the complicated period crossed by the winner of CAN 2022.
Dieng knows he can do better
“He has to be acculturated to the game and life project from the whole group, and if he’s a rather introverted person, he has adapted very well. And as he lacked playing time at OM, he must find his bearings physically, tactically, in the game, with his partners. He advances. We ask a lot of runs from our attackers, to stretch the lines, create space, but also to make defensive efforts, while maintaining freshness and lucidity. He knows he can do better, but you can’t cut and paste what he was doing before.”, said the member of the Lorient staff on the difficulty of adaptation of the native of Pikine. Linked to Lorient until June 2025 with two additional years as an option, Bamba Dieng will be expected at the turn next season in order to justify the amount invested by the Breton club. Otherwise, FC Lorient, which needs a finisher for its slick and fast game, will have to ask the right questions.
