Here's what the Brentford fan I mentioned says about Toumani Diagouraga:
Hi John;
Toumani is known affectionately as "Dave" on the terraces – yes, we
still have terraces – although he doesn't like being known as Dave, so
the PC amongst us call him "Tooms".
Something of a cult hero at Brentford, but it appears that he wants
away. I assuming he is looking for one last big pay day in his career.
Has been linked with a move to Glasgow Rangers for some time in order to
team up with ex-manager Mark Warburton. This has slightly tarnished his
affection among our fans, although not as much as James Tarkowski who
effectively appears to have gone on strike because he can't get a move
back to Lancashire.
His appeal is that he appears to be a player who has strived through
adversity. Can look a bit ungainly (he is very tall) but his size does
belie no little skill and he has a great engine. A good box-to-box ball
carrier. He sometimes looks to have lost the ball, and then suddenly out
of nowhere one those long legs stretches out (twizzle-like) to retrieve
the situation.
It looked as though he was one his way out a couple of years ago, when
we were pushing from promotion from League One he was farmed out to
(League Two) Portsmouth on loan and the writing appeared to be on the wall.
Early last season (when we were new to the Championship) he made some
surprise appearances early in the season and looked completely out of
his depth, he got a chance thanks to injuries and since then, once he
got a good run in the team, his appearances have been really impressive.
He actually appears to be a better player at a higher level.
His lack of goal scoring prowess is legendary and there would be an
outbreak of mass euphoria if ever scores for us again. I am sure he has
scored for us at some stage, but it hasn't been for a couple of years
and he hasn't come remotely close since.
In short – he won't set the world on fire, but he has a good engine and
a good team player. No, he won't get you promoted.
There are three players we are likely to lose in the window: Tooms, Alan
Judge and Tarkowski. Personally, if I was given the option of
losing just one of these, then it would have to Toumani.
Regards, Paul
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