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.