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Who is Ousmane Diomande? At just 19, Sporting have valued the Ivorian centre-back at a whopping £69M - and the defender could be tailor-made for Premier League suitors Manchester City and Arsenal

Sporting Lisbon's Ousmane Diomande could complete a phenomenal rise to the Premier League, as Arsenal look set to make another offer for the 19-year-old in January.

The defender began his career in his home country Ivory Coast, joining Olympic Sport Abobo FC in 2014 at the age of ten after being spotted at a training camp. Over the next eight years Diomande worked his way through the youth teams of the club, eventually helping the first-team gain a historic promotion to the third-tier.

He eventually caught the eye of FC Midtjylland, the Danish club which was owned by Brentford's Matthew Benham at the time.