WATCH - Diakite speaks to Daily Echo on summer

Bournemouth Echo · By Alexander Smith

BAFODE Diakite had a mixed first season at the Cherries last term, but a big opportunity awaits him this summer with the arrival of Marco Rose and the departure of Marcos Senesi.

The Daily Echo spoke to the centre back out in Austria at the club's pre-season training camp, where he spoke about that, adapting to the Premier League and his French friends in the Cherries squad.

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