Damac gets striker Habib Diallo on loan from Al Shabab
On Monday, Damac and Al Shabab came to an agreement over Senegalese forward Habib Diallo’s one-season loan in Saudi Pro League 2024-25. This action is in response to the unhappiness voiced by Damac’s management and coach Cosmin Contra with their present striker, Assan Ceesay, whom the team is trying to offload.
The team is hoping that soon Diallo will be the forward who thrills Damac supporters. In the forthcoming game against Al Hilal at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Diallo and Florin Niță, the new goalie, are anticipated to play.
Diallo is keen on maintaining his place on the Senegal national team, where he is a vital player, and this seems to be the key motivator for him to sign with Damac. He didn’t want to think about sitting on the bench at Al Shabab because that would seriously hurt his chances of getting selected.
His prospects of continuing in the starting lineup could be compromised if he stays at Al Shabab as a replacement. The Riyadh-based team intends to replace Diallo with Dutch defender Wesley Hoedt in retaliation.
Al Shabab is apparently intending to register Dutch defender Wesley Hoedt as Diallo’s successor in order to expedite this transition even more. This represents an intriguing change in their strategic roster planning.
About Habib Diallo
Habib Diallo Sign,s up with Damac on loan from Al Shabab was moved up to the Metz senior team in the summer of 2015. In his first season with the team, he participated in 17 games and scored nine goals. He made 19 appearances for Metz in the 2016–17 Ligue 1 campaign, scoring one goal. He was sent out on loan to Brest for the duration of the 2017–18 season in January.
Diallo played 16 games and scored seven goals during his successful stay in Brittany. He returned to Brest in the summer of 2017.
In Ligue 1, Diallo had an instant impact, scoring six goals in his first eight games. Chelsea of the Premier League was rumored to have expressed interest in him during the January transfer window, but no deal came through.