El pasado mes de noviembre, el Arsenal se hizo con los servicios de Sven Mislintat, one of the best scouts in European football and the main responsible for, among other things, the arrival of players like Robert Lewandowski or Ousmane Dembele in his former team, Borussia Dortmund.
Although it has been a very short time since he landed in the London team, the talent scout has already dared to recommend to the coach of the gunners, the Alsatian Arsene Wenger, the signing of a player who, in his opinion, has great potential, the defender Abdou Diallo (21 years old).
Forged in the youth academy of AS Monaco, the promising defender never had a real opportunity to establish himself in the first team of the Principality. Not even a productive loan spell at Belgian team Zulte Waregem (accumulating 33 matches) served to change his status, so last summer he had no problems accepting the offer from Mainz 05.
At the German club, the versatile player (who can play as a center-back, left-back or defensive midfielder) has received the necessary trust and has given a definitive boost to his professional career, to the point of establishing himself as one of the leaders of the team led by Sandro Schwarz (he has been a starter in 15 of the 17 Bundesliga matchdays played so far) and as one of the main reference points for the France U21 National Team (10 times international). Will he make the leap to the Premier League?