Bamba Dieng will be a free agent this summer as his contract with Lorient is ending. Multiple Championship teams have previously shown interest in him, including Queens Park Rangers and West Bromwich Albion. According to Nixon, Dieng prefers to move to England this summer, has received offers from other European teams, and is hesitant about playing in the Championship.

According to reporter Pete O'Rourke, Portsmouth are competing to sign Bamba Dieng. Dieng has scored 15 goals in 24 matches in all competitions for Lorient.

Portsmouth, Blackburn, Leicester, Oxford, and German club St Pauli are interested in signing Lorient's 26-year-old Senegalese striker Bamba Dieng, who will be a free agent this summer. Dieng has 21 caps and 2 goals for Senegal. He joined Lorient in January 2023 and has a current market value of €6.00m, according to Transfermarkt.