Ligue 1: Moustapha Diallo joins the Crocos of Nîmes

And a new recruit for the Olympic Nimes. The club announced Wednesday, July 11 the arrival of Moustapha Diallo in the team. The defensive midfielder has officially signed up for two seasons with the promotion to Ligue 1.

He was at the end of the contract with the Guingamp club where he has just spent his last nine seasons and played 144 Ligue 1 games (14 goals). " Guingamp offered me something, but it's a story that was about to end, now it's a page turning ," he says.

" I consider myself a player of duty, I am at the disposal of the coach, of the team, I like to do ", he adds.

To maintain oneself, it will take a good state of mind. Football is the collective, do not think too good.

Before that, the 32-year-old Franco-Senegalese international had played in the shirt of FC Bruges (2006) and then discovered the second division championship Spanish with Racing Ferrol

Moustapha Diallo (1.92m-78kg) is the sixth rookie of the Crocodiles after the signing of defenders Hervé Lybohy (Paris FC), Florian Miguel (Tours) and Loïck Landre (Genoa), striker Baptiste Guillaume (Angers) and goaltender Paul Bernardoni (Bordeaux).