ISL 2017: 5 Midfielders who could join in January

#1 Lassana Diarra

Diarra has featured for a lot of top clubs around the world

Lassana Diarra is a 32-year old French midfielder who has featured for the France U-21 time and the French national team. Diarra began his professional career in 2003 at Ligue 1 side Le Havre and then moved to England with Chelsea in 2005. He played two seasons for the Blues but was mostly on the bench for the Blues. He moved on deadline day in 2007 to fellow London club Arsenal.

Diarra made a limited number of appearances for the Gunners and moved to Portsmouth the next season. He was a crucial cog in the Pompey side and his performances earned him a call-up to the French national side for Euro 2008.

This prompted his big move to La Liga giants Real Madrid where he played three seasons winning one league title. Diarra then moved to Russia playing for Anzhi Makhachkala and Lokomotiv Moscow for one season each before moving back to France with Marseille.

Diarra played the last two seasons for the French side and then moved to UAE Pro League side Al Jazira in April 2017, but is currently a free agent after being released by the club recently.

The Frenchman is an aggressive, hard-tackling defensive midfielder and for the right price, can be pursued to move to India in the January window. Any club in both the leagues will benefit immensely with the addition of the Frenchman.