Senegal centre-forward Bamba Dieng of FC Lorient is being linked with a summer move to La Liga side Sevilla FC as uncertainty grows over his contract situation in France.
The 26-year-old, valued at €15.00m on Transfermarkt, is rumoured to be on Sevilla’s attacking shortlist, with Spanish media suggesting the Andalusian club are monitoring whether he could be prised away from Ligue 1 – or even approach him as a potential future free agent, given no contract expiry date is currently listed for his Lorient deal.
Dieng, born in Pikine on 23 March 2000, has built a reputation as a powerful, right-footed centre-forward, standing at 1.78m and wearing the No 12 shirt for Lorient. The move, dated 26 June 2026 on Transfermarkt’s rumour logs, currently carries an unspecified probability (“?”), underlining that talks, if any, remain at an exploratory stage and no agreement has been reached.
The Senegalese attacker, who plays through the middle but is comfortable across the front line, has been one of Lorient’s more marketable assets in Ligue 1, with his form and age profile making him an attractive option for clubs seeking value rather than marquee, high-fee forwards.
Recent data shows Dieng has continued to feature regularly for Lorient, though exact appearance and goal tallies for the current campaign are not detailed in the latest update. Match logs for late spring 2026 list him in the squad for Lorient’s closing Ligue 1 fixtures, including a narrow defeat earlier this month, but without specifying his individual goal contribution.
With Sevilla looking to refresh their forward line and Lorient facing the possibility of losing a key asset without a clear contract end date publicly recorded, the prospect of Dieng running down his deal and edging towards free-agent status cannot be ruled out.
If a move does materialise, a switch from a struggling Ligue 1 side to a historically European-regular in La Liga could prove a pivotal step in Dieng’s career, offering him a bigger stage on which to define his reputation and unlock the next phase of his potential.
