Rennes required the recordings of his races to study and improve: the portrait of the new Nerazzurri midfielder
There is a little nobility in the football blood of Andy Diouf. In fact, the French midfielder arriving at Inter grew up in two of the best training centers in the country. Starting with that of the PSG and then complete the path to Rennes, before taking flight to Lens, after putting himself in view of the Basel. And Inter and Italy are a bit in the fate of this 22 -year -old who five years ago made his debut in Youth League against the Nerazzurri. And against the blues for the first steps in Bleus, with whom a year ago he won the silver medal at the Olympics.
power
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The DIUF profile is that of the Box-to-Box midfielder, but capable of expressing itself both in front of the defense and from the mezzala, in different tactical roles, according to different game patterns. A multipurpose that transformed him into an indispensable pawn for Will Still, Lens coach in the past season, before migrating precisely to England, to Southampton. And it was no coincidence that various premier League clubs had long moved on the Frenchman, appreciating the synthesis of physical and athletic power that allowed him to play all 34 games of the last Ligue 1.
experience
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In his baggage there is much more. Diouf arrived two years ago in Lens, to sign, in the square between the fans, a five -year period momentarily becoming the most expensive player in the club’s history. The midfielder had been taken for 15 million from Basel where he had concluded a season in the foreground, as a best young man from the Conference League, which ended in the semifinal, losing with Fiorentina to whom he had scored a goal in his first leg. The third in the competition, with three assists in 14 appearances, to also enter the team type of competition. So enough to convince Lens to make the successor of Fofana, the captain migrated to Saudi Arabia, before returning to Rennes.
debut
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And to Rennes, Diouf had taken his first steps as a professional, with his debut at the age of 17 in May 2021 against PSG, where he had instead spent three vintages, chasing the first dreams of the footballer, as a child between 2009 and 2012. However, a particular game for the midfielder born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, at the doors of the capital, who grew up in Nanterre, and firmly blossomed between the Garenne-Colombes and Boulogne-Billancourt. But even then the boy had clear ideas and pointed up. So he was brought to Brittany where, for example, he requested the recordings of his races to study and improve them.
determination
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In Lens, the 22 -year -old then expanded the personal experience to the Champions League, with two appearances, and to the Europa League, where the French team had been poured. Within two years, Diouf has imposed himself in an offensive football culture, first with Haise on the bench, then with Still who enhanced his percussion skills, to take the ball and aim for the door, and the naturalness to go to the shot from outside, still making his physical impact in recovery and contrast weigh. All qualities to be consolidated in a new championship and in a new challenge that French faces with the determination of all time: “If you work and believe in yourself in football everything goes quickly.”
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