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Nottingham Forest have signed Côte d’Ivoire defender Ousmane Diomande from Sporting for an undisclosed price, reported to be £34.2m.

The 22-year-old centre-half, who featured within the Côte d’Ivoire’s World Cup squad, has agreed a four-year take care of Forest, who’ve an possibility for an additional 12 months.

Forest’s chief soccer officer, George Syrianos, stated: “He has unbelievable expertise for a defender of his age. Taking part in an important function in title profitable groups and going into the latter phases of the Champions League places him in an ideal place to combine nicely right here at Forest.”

Diomande started his skilled profession in Denmark with FC Midtjylland and after becoming a member of Sporting in January 2023 he made 132 appearances for the Portuguese membership in all competitions.

He performed a key function in Sporting’s run within the Champions League final season, beginning each legs of their quarter-final defeat by Arsenal, and in addition performed the total 90 minutes in Côte d’Ivoire’s World Cup group win towards Curaçao.

Fulham have signed midfielder Shea Charles from Southampton for a reported £30m price, which might be a document deal for a Northern Eire worldwide. Charles, 22, has agreed a five-year contract, with a membership possibility to increase by an additional 12 months.

“It’s an ideal membership, with a extremely good imaginative and prescient – the supervisor [Alvaro Arbeloa] defined that to me. To be here’s a large privilege,” Charles stated. “I hope to essentially kickstart my Premier League profession. At such a very good membership as nicely, it’s excellent for me, and hopefully excellent for the followers as nicely.”

Filip Jorgensen has joined Strasbourg on a season-long mortgage from Chelsea. The 24-year-old goalkeeper arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2024 from Villarreal and has made 36 appearances for the Blues.

Jorgensen began all however one among Chelsea’s video games within the Convention League final 12 months and featured 12 occasions in all competitions. He’ll now spend the 2026-27 marketing campaign with Strasbourg, who completed eighth in Ligue 1 final season.