Paris Saint-Germain to sign Borussia Dortmund defender

Paris Saint-Germain head coach Thomas Tuchel is raiding former club Borussia Dortmund defender Abdou Diallo, claims L'Equipe.

The Ligue 1 champions are on the market for a new centre-back and have turned to Diallo after missing out on Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt.

PSG were poised to sign the Netherlands international earlier in the summer but now Juventus are have won the race for the highly rated 19-year-old.

Diallo only joined Dortmund 12 months ago but is now set for a high profile move to PSG in a deal reportedly worth €32m (£28.7m).

The 23-year-old missed the U21 European Championships through injury earlier this summer, where he was meant to captain the French national team.

Diallo made 28 league appearances for Dortmund last season, as BVB pushed Bayern Munich all the way in the Bundesliga title race.

Of players that attempted at least 50 dribbles in the Bundesliga in 2018/19, only four players had a better dribble success rate than Diallo (74.1%).