Bournemouth pushing for Lille’s Bafodé Diakité to replace PSG-bound Illia Zabarnyi

Zabarnyi poised to leave for Paris in £61m deal

West Ham expected to sign Leicester’s Hermansen

Bournemouth are pushing to sign the Lille centre-back Bafodé Diakité as a replacement for Illia Zabarnyi, who is poised to join Paris Saint-Germain. Zabarnyi is expected to join PSG in a deal worth almost €70m (£61m), with talks over add-ons ongoing.

Zabarnyi’s anticipated departure would mean Bournemouth will have generated more than £150m this summer, with fellow defenders Milos Kerkez and Dean Huijsen joining Liverpool and Real Madrid respectively.

Premier League clubs are understood to be monitoring PSG’s progress with a deal for Zabarnyi, given the protracted talks in recent weeks, but the expectation is the 22-year-old Ukraine defender will depart for the French club.