Whatever happened to Celtic target Baba Diawara?

During the last two transfer windows Celtic were heavily linked to Senegal striker Baba Diawara.

In August they were only denied signing the striker from Maritimo by a delay in getting a work permit through despite the two clubs agreeing a deal.

With Neil Lennon still on the look out for a striker in January a return move for Diawara was expected but Seville moved first and took the striker to La Liga for £2m.

As back-up Celtic moved for Pavel Brozek but like Mo Bangura he was unable to score a single goal as Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes dominated the scoring charts.

Like Brozek and Bangura, Diawara has had to settle for a back-up role with Seville starting just two matches and appearing as a substitute nine times and coming up with three goals.

Before leaving Maritimo the 23-year-old had scored 10 goals in 14 matches.

Seville finished the season down in ninth place with just 48 goals from 38 matches.

Sanchez Negredo with 14 goals and Manu with ten finished at the top of the Seville scoring charts

Real Zaragoza, who had Efrain Juarez on loan for the first half of the season, performed a Wigan like escape by winning five of their last six matches to avoid relegation by two points.

Vilareal, Sporting Gijon and Racing Santader dropped down to the Segunda Division.

The relegation of Vilareal was the biggest shock of the season with the 2006 Champions League semi-finalists relegated after losing their final match of the season 1-0 at home to Atletico Madrid.

Vilareal picked up just ten points from their last nine matches and must now prepare for life outside the top flight after almost a decade of regularly qualifying for Europe.

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