 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Musi wa1 Chivabvu, Diaby akatambura nekutyoka kwegokora kwakakomba mushure mekunge ari kumagumo ekugamuchira kwekugadzirisa, kunotsanangurwa nevezvenhau se zvinotyisa, kubva kumudziviriri weSunderland Dan Smith. Mushure memutambo, Wenger akarondedzera kurwisa se kutamba kwakashata uye kusiri madikanwa uye zvakare akatsoropodza kukwikwidza kwevakwikwidzi vake, ukuwo maneja weSunderland Kevin Ball achidzivirira Smith achiti Smith haasi mutambi ane utsinye, akasviba uye ndinofunga kuti hazvina kururama kumufonera uye kutaura kuti akazviita nemaune. Dan akaenda kunotora bhora, zvinosuruvarisa kuti Diaby akanga achimhanya kupfuura iye. Somugumisiro wekukuvara, Diaby akarasikirwa ne2006 UEFA Champions League Final, pamwe ne2006 UEFA European Under-21 Nhabvu Championship. Akavhiyiwa katatu kuti agadzirise kukuvara kwacho uye akaudzwa navanachiremba kuti kukuvara kwacho kungangoguma nebasa rake. Mushure mekuvhiyiwa, akapfuura nemwedzi misere yekugadzirisa uye akadzokera kuchikwata chekutanga mumwaka wa2006-07 mumutambo weLigi Cup neLiverpool. Akaonekwa semutambi achitsiva mumutambo sezvo Arsenal yakakunda 63. Musi wa 25 Kukadzi 2007, achitora chikamu mu2007 Football League Cup Final vachipesana neChelsea, Diaby, achiedza kubvisa bhora kubva mudziviriro yeArsenal, netsaona akarova mutambi anokwikwidza John Terry kumeso. Asingazivi, Terry akaiswa muchipatara, asi akapora kuti adzokere kuMillennium Stadium muCardiff nokuda kwekuratidzwa kwechikwata mushure mekukunda kweChelsea 2-1. Kunyange zvazvo Arsenal yakarasikirwa, Diaby akapihwa rubatsiro pachinangwa chega chechikwata chemutambo, icho chakashandurwa naTheo Walcott. Diaby akarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga uye chega chemushandirapamwe musi wa14 Kurume mukukunda 10 pamusoro peAston Villa paakatsauka muJúlio Baptista akapfura. Akaramba ari muchikwata chechikwata chechikwata chechikwata, kunyanya sechinotsiva sezvo iye achangotanga mumitambo yakatevedzana kamwe chete. 