Centre-back confirms he's READY to join Liverpool

An exciting centre-back is ready to join Liverpool.

When Richard Hughes failed to sign Marc Guehi in the summer transfer window we all had a bad premonition. And that bad premonition has come true.

The terrible injury suffered by Giovanni Leoni has ruined Liverpool's depth completely. He is ruled out for the rest of the season, meaning the club's fourth centre-back option is either Rhys Williams or Wataru Endo. The latter is actually injured at the moment.

Liverpool need more depth in that department, and January cannot come soon enough.

With Joe Gomez and Ibrahima Konate both vulnerable to injuries, Arne Slot is only one injury away from total catastrophe.

That is why the club has to address this need next month.

It looks like Liverpool are exploring the market. There's been reports that the club has been sending scouts over to FC Midtjylland to watch their games.

Anfield Watch understands the player Liverpool are keeping a close eye on is Ousmane Diao.

At 21-years-old he represents the perfect profile. Despite his young age, Diao already have over 100 senior appearances under his belt. He's played over 50 games for Midtjylland and has proved to be a threat from set-pieces scoring 10 goals during his time with the club so far.

On the ball, he's a composed defender. He can hit it long and make cross-field switches that help progress his side quickly into advantageous positions. His accuracy when finding teammates with long passes is also very good.

Undoubtedly, his biggest strength is his speed. Diao is insanely fast, and he's very quick at surrounding his attacker to completely swallow up their space.

He's strong in his duels, sticks tight to his opponents and is very good at taking the ball from them using his upper body strength and his long legs to pry the ball away from their feet.

Now in his most recent performance, in which Liverpool scouts were again present, Diao confirmed he's ready to join. Against Genk in the Europa League the Senegalese centre-back won 14 out of 14 duels, including 9 out of 9 aerial duels and 5 out of 5 ground duels. He also won 3/3 tackles and produced a superb performance.

That's the kind of performance at a high European level that confirms a player is ready to make the next step-up.

As for whether Diao would be interested in a move, he has already hinted earlier this season that he would love to play with Hugo Ekitike in the future, and play in England.

Where could that lead him?

To Anfield of course.

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