Mourinho says Arsenal transfer target Ismaila Sarr is like Barca’s Ousmane Dembele
JOSE MOURINHO says Arsenal target Ismaila Sarr is like Barca’s Ousmane Dembele. Leicester have joined the Gunners and continental clubs in chasing Rennes’ £25million-rated Senegal winger, 21. Now ex-Manchester United and Chelsea boss Mourinho has identified Sarr as one of Ligue 1’s top prospects – comparing him to £135,5m France winger Dembele, 22. Mourinho told […]
JOSE MOURINHO says Arsenal target Ismaila Sarr is like Barca’s Ousmane Dembele.
Leicester have joined the Gunners and continental clubs in chasing Rennes’ £25million-rated Senegal winger, 21.
Now ex-Manchester United and Chelsea boss Mourinho has identified Sarr as one of Ligue 1’s top prospects – comparing him to £135,5m France winger Dembele, 22.
Mourinho told French radio station RMC: “I can tell you that in the top three clubs in your league this season – Paris Saint-Germain, Lille and Lyon – you have extremely talented players who everyone knows already.
“If I speak [about players] I think that their agents will be very happy.
“But for example, I like [Nice winger] Allan Saint-Maximin, I like his speed.
“And I think Ismaila Sarr has a little bit of [Ousmane] Dembele in him.
“There are a lot of players in Ligue 1 who have great potential.”
Arsenal have been trailing former Metz wideman Sarr since he destroyed them in a Europa League last-16 first-leg tie two months ago.
Sarr headed a later third goal as Rennes beat the ten-man Gunners 3-1.
Arsenal overturned that deficit with a 3-0 return-leg win on the way to setting up a final with Chelsea on May 29.
But Gunners’ chief Unai Emery had already earmarked Sarr for one of the best individual displays against his side since he took over last summer.
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Twenty-cap Sarr has bagged an impressive 12 goals and 11 assists this term.
And it was his shootout penalty that sunk PSG in the French Cup final two weeks ago.
Liverpool, Roma, AC Milan and now Leicester have also been linked with him.