ThisIs futbol gives the best summation…<\/p>\n
This season, Diarra has\u00a0played 13 times<\/a>\u00a0in Ligue 2 for Le Mans. He has found the back of the net twice so far, assisting once too. In the cup, he has played a total of three games and has scored once and has one assist to his name in that tournament.<\/em><\/p>\n During his loan spell last season, Diarra had impressed. He had helped the club earn promotion from the Championnat National (third division) to the second division. He played 31 times in the Championnat,\u00a0scoring three times as well<\/a>. In the play-offs for Ligue 1, he had assisted once in two games.<\/em><\/p>\n Originally from Abidjan but with French citizenship, Diarra is a right midfielder by trade.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Diarra is a proper winger who is\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0to be able to play on both flanks. Perhaps, that is why Neil Lennon looks intent on signing the youngster. Bar the age factor, he seems to be a workhorse.<\/em><\/p>\n As things stand though, Celtic have three proper right-wingers in the side. One is James Forrest and another is 32-year-old Jonny Hayes, with Marian Shved also available (TransferMarkt<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n But Hayes\u2019 contract at Celtic runs out at the end of the season and he has drawn links with the likes of\u00a0Swansea City, Huddersfield Town and Cardiff City<\/a>\u00a0in the Championship. These links suggest that his future at Celtic isn\u2019t as secure as Lennon might want.<\/em><\/p>\n If Hayes does move on, Celtic will be left just one proper right-winger in Forrest and that isn\u2019t a good situation to be in. In that case, going for a cheap option in Diarra would be a very sensible move indeed.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Whilst any time any real quality becomes available, Celtic should make an attempt to be involved, but one wonders of there can be too much of this, with plenty of players already at the club patiently working towards their own opportunities.<\/p>\n There isn’t quite the same abundance of defenders in the development squad, so perhaps there is something in the story about an interest in Jarrad Brathwaite of Carlisle, especially given that former Celt Stephen Pressley was his manager down there until recently.<\/p>\n The player is 17, 6’4″ and at the very beginning of his career, having only made half a dozen starts so far for the Cumbrian side.<\/p>\n Of the two, it’s certainly the more likely move to be completed in January.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stories that Fraser Forster could be recalled to Southampton in January were more or less dismissed by the big man himself when he said..<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a recall\u00a0 so I think I\u2019m here for the season from my side of things. I\u2019m happy here and glad to be back here playing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n We can perhaps now just get on with making him want to sign permanently at the end of the campaign, though it might mean one of those special contracts which provide for a benefit game or something as a loyalty bonus.<\/p>\n Speaking of Southampton, Mo Elyanoussi wo the player of the month award for October, which I’m fairly certain he will see as a massive turnaround on his career, and he’s another that we should concentrate on making our own when the time comes.<\/p>\n There are claims that a price has been mentioned already, around \u00a38-10m , which frankly sounds like guesswork, though if it’s true there’s a \u00a35m release cause should his parent club be relegated, we should all hope for a south coast collapse in the new year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stuart Armstrong still homesick ?<\/p>\n Keiran Tierney appears to be.. from the Evening Standard..<\/p>\n You can take the footballer out of Scotland, but… you know the rest.<\/em><\/p>\n As another well-known saying goes: winter is coming. Parts of Britain endured the coldest night of autumn so far thanks to an Arctic blast.<\/em><\/p>\n A temperature of -9.9C was recorded overnight in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, while those waking up in London were met with closer to 4C on a bitter morning in the capital.<\/em><\/p>\n So, over at Arsenal’s London Colney training base, it was red hats and gloves galore as Unai Emery put his squad through their paces.<\/em><\/p>\n All expect one man: Scotland’s very own\u00a0Kieran Tierney<\/a>. It was a case as ‘are you are’ for the young defender as he trained in his summer gear.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n With four and a half years left on his loan deal, he clearly isn’t succumbing to the temptation of being a soft southern shite just yet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyone fancy a change of career ?<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/static.standard.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2019\/11\/19\/15\/arsenal-191119q.jpg?width=1000&height=614&fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=70&crop=16:9,offset-y0.5\")
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