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Ousmane Diomande Scout Report At Crystal Palace 2025/2026 & Red Bull Salzburg Recruitment Analysis
Today, we have a player analysis of Ousmane Diomande and how he may fit in at Crystal Palace this season along with a recruitment analysis piece on Red Bull Salzburg this term!
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Crystal Palace had arguably the club’s most successful ever season in 2024/2025.
An 11th-place league finish was accompanied by a historic FA Cup victory over Pep Guardiola‘s Manchester City.
As a result, the London side has reimagined their ambitions, and this summer’s transfer window could be crucial in solidifying Palace’s future as a strong competitor in England’s top flight.
The transfer window’s first acquisition looks to be the Ivorian centre-half Ousmane Diomande.
The 21-year-old is now heavily linked to a move in the coming weeks.
The youngster currently plies his trade at Sporting CP and is extremely highly rated in Portuguese football circles.
This article will conduct a player analysis on Diomande, analysing his strengths and weaknesses and considering how he may fit into the Eagles team next season.
Red Bull Salzburg are currently enjoying the welcome distraction of the lucrative FIFA Club World Cup, which comes off the back end of another disappointing season for the club in domestic and European competitions.
For the first time since the Red Bull takeover in 2005, Salzburg have gone back-to-back years without winning an Austrian Bundesliga title, with Sturm Graz retaining the crown they won last year.
Not only that, but a disappointing UEFA Champions League campaign, which saw them finish 34th in the league phase, also resulted in them going back-to-back years without spring European football for the first time since 2016 and 2017.
The club has been barren on the pitch over the last couple of seasons, with three different managers in the dugout since the departure of young, talented head coach Matthias Jaissle to Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia.
Gerhard Struber and Jürgen Klopp‘s former Liverpool assistant (now at Manchester City) Pepijn Lijnders have held the position since then, both moved on following poor results, with Thomas Letsch replacing the latter last December.
Although the season wasn’t a success, Letsch‘s contract still runs until summer 2027.
As he leads the club into the Club World Cup in the United States, he is expected to stay on next season and get a full season to try to turn the team’s fortunes around.
Next season, the aim will be to re-establish their domestic superiority by winning the Austrian championship and offering a decent showing in Europe.
This recruitment and team analysis will examine the current Salzburg squad going into the 2025/2026 campaign, some of their core problems from the recent season, and potential signings that can help them get back to where they want to be.
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