Liverpool have been linked with a move for Brentford left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf in the January transfer window, and now a new update has emerged.

Life under Andoni Iraola is largely going well at the moment, with former Reds midfielder Steve McManaman positive  about how the Spaniard isd faring:

“I always thought at the start of the season that you can’t really be critical. I thought Liverpool were a little bit light in the squad – I thought we lost too many players. I know we’ve bought high-profile big-money players, but inadvertently, we let players go through the side door and let a lot of young academy lads who have progressed through the side door.

“We were a little bit light on players squad-wise, when you compare it with other teams. He’s sitting fourth in the Premier League and is in the quarter-finals of the League Cup with a home game.

“I think Liverpool will be a little inconsistent this year, but where they are and how they’re proceeding at this moment in time, I think, has been really good.”

Iraola will know the importance of new signings, though, and Brentford’s Diouf has been mentioned as an option, but Football Insider have dropped a new update.

They claim that the Bees will “push back against interest” in the 21-year-old in January, and they have “big aspirations” for him, having “paid a club-record fee to sign him in the summer.”

Would El Hadji Malick Diouf shine for Liverpool?

Liverpool will surely be eyeing left-back options, with Milos Kerkez still not fully convincing and Kostas Tsimikas not a long-term solution in that position.

The Senegalese is a player who the Reds should be looking at even if a move doesn’t happen in January, with Callum Wilson hailing him recently, saying:

“As a person, he’s really humble, down to earth, hard-working and also vibrant. As a player, he’s still young, so he’s got so much potential, but he’s also got great experience from last year. There was some good, some bad, but he will have learned and grown from that.”

Left-back isn’t as big a priority as right-back and midfield for Liverpool, but Diouf should be a leading option there if they look to add quality and depth in 2027.