Well established on the Bundesliga podium, Bayer Leverkusen confirms its excellent start to the season. Unstoppable, Sunday afternoon, against Borussia Dortmund (5-2), the Pillendreher can notably rely on the former PSG player, Moussa Diaby, a great craftsman of the attractive face displayed by the men of Gerardo Seoane. At only 22 years old, the Franco-Malian winger is gradually establishing himself as a star of the German championship, to the delight of Didier Deschamps.
Faced with Borussia Dortmund, orphan of its star Erling Haaland and overwhelmed defensively, Bayer Leverkusen confirmed its remarkable start to the season on Sunday afternoon. A real lesson in football (5-2) given by the men of Gerardo Seoane, third in the Bundesliga and can now boast of three consecutive successes in the league. A masterclass in which Moussa Diaby (22) has once again participated by offering his team the fifth goal of this meeting on a perfect serve from Jeremie Frimpong (87th). A new achievement then confirming a little more the new dimension taken by the winger trained at PSG. And for proof.
Barred by competition from a plethoric workforce at Paris Saint-Germain, Moussa Diaby, launched into the professional world by Thomas Tuchel, had – like many other young PSG players – made the choice to leave the Parisian cocoon to take off on the eastern bank of the Rhine in the summer of 2019. Head to North Rhine-Westphalia and Bayer Leverkusen. A new challenge for the one who had been recruited for nearly 15 million euros but who today has everything from a gold bargain for the German leaders. Author of 8 goals and 8 assists in 39 matches in all competitions when he arrived at the Pillendreher, the left winger, from the height of his 1m70, has continued to progress to the point of becoming an essential element of the Bayer system. 04.
Constantly improving statistics!
Much more used during the last season, Moussa Diaby did not tremble when it came to assuming his new responsibilities and returning the confidence granted by his coach. With 10 achievements and 15 offerings in 43 games in all competitions, the ex-Titi Parisien is definitely launched and the best lines of his career seem well and truly ahead of him. Because this season, the one who is under contract until June 2025 has simply entered another dimension and it is hardly his statistical line that can take away this new status. Mid-season slightly exceeded, Diaby thus totals 12 goals and 10 caviars in 27 matches. Well established in the top 10 of the best scorers in the Bundesliga, the former Parisian thus confirms his constant progress.
To the delight of the residents of the BayArena, thrilled after seeing their protege sign his first hat-trick in the Rhineland colors on January 22, during the card inflicted on FC Augsburg (5-1), Moussa Diaby impresses. Appreciated as a player and very widely supported in his new colors – as evidenced by the ‘DiabyArmy’ fan club specially designed for him on Twitter – the native of the French capital is progressing at a glance and recent statements in the columns of Picture of Simon Rolfes, the sporting director of Bayer, also largely support this milestone.
“He’s improved tremendously in ball control, he’s always had speed, but he’s just become more stable in his game. Diaby is much better at defensive play and he’s become more dangerous in front of goal. After 20 league matches, he has already scored eight goals. In his best season so far for Leverkusen, he scored five.noted Dennis Melzer journalist for Eurosport France. In perfect symbiosis with a forward-looking collective (2nd best attack in the championship, tied with Dortmund, with 54 goals), Diaby can thus express all his speed and technique on the front of Leverkusen’s attack. “Diaby harmonizes very well with Florian Wirtz and Patrik Schick. Bayer’s style of play, which relies on quick counter-attacks, suits him extremely well.”underlined again, in this sense, Dennis Melzer.
An inevitable departure?
A breathtaking rise, a serene working environment (far from the constant excitement existing at PSG) which therefore allows number 19 of Leverkusen to fully flourish. Promising from his first shots, Diaby is now gaining in maturity and is logically gaining more depth within a formation which will now fight to validate its place in the next Champions League. Praised for his undeniable qualities, the 22-year-old Frenchman is nonetheless a talent to polish. Areas of progress precisely pointed out by its sports director: “He sometimes yields too easily to provocation. This season, he has already collected seven warnings and a red card.tempered Dennis Melzer.
An excess of guilty commitment symbol, despite everything, of his overflowing desire to climb the ladder. Because, yes, despite his very young age, Moussa Diaby is now considered a reference across the Rhine. In the shadow of the most flashy European teams, the one who now has 4 selections for the France team did not leave Didier Deschamps unmoved. Called up during the last gathering in November to play the last two matches in the context of the qualifiers for the next Cup, Diaby had notably offered a decisive pass to Kylian Mbappé during the offensive festival against Kazakhstan (8-0). Sparkling with the Pillendrehers and gradually adopted under the tricolor jersey, Diaby now has the perfect context to continue to explode on the European scene.
A new status which could also soon cause some headaches for the leaders of Bayer because the prospect of a transfer to an even bigger club takes, logically, more thickness. Indeed, last summer, Aston Villa had already come to the information within the framework of the replacement of Jack Grealish. Under contract until June 2025 (without a release clause), the player would seek a competitive club in the Champions League and would then give priority to England and Spain. One thing is certain, in the event of a departure in the coming months, the Leverkusen board will always be able to take comfort in the compensation received for this talent who continues to put Germany at his feet.
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— Moussa Diaby (@MoussaDiaby_19) November 25, 2021
