Sporting are set to pay Gil Vicente a further €1.66m for Ousmane Diomande, taking the total so far to €9.16m.
There’s the potential for that to reach €12.5m eventually, although that’s still seen as a bargain and there’s a reasonable chance the player will have been sold for a huge profit before then.
A Bola report on the interest coming specifically from Premier League sides, and how the defender could end up being one of the club’s biggest sales of all time.
That means there’d have to be movement in defence at Manchester City, and would be one of the reasons why a summer transfer is likelier for Diomande than in the winter.
A Bola go on to say that Sporting would point to the player’s €80m clause for a winter move. That would still be the price in the summer, however, there may be the chance to make up part of that via bonuses.
Manchester City are just one of several Premier League clubs to have been linked, and it remains to be seen whether the hype turns into a move to England.
