Liverpool poised to complete opportunistic signing, Richard Hughes looks for these kind of deals

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Liverpool could reportedly stand to benefit from the collapse in talks between Nottingham Forest and Sporting Lisbon for Ousmane Diomande. What I’m hearing is that Liverpool could consider a move for a centre-back in the summer transfer window in these final weeks.

“More than right-back in this specific moment; I would keep an eye on the centre-back position.” Now, it seems one of the centre-backs Liverpool are assessing is Lisbon’s Diomande, who has been linked with a move to Anfield for years. Liverpool could “benefit” from Forest’s failed move to sign Diomande According to journalist Sebastien Vidal, Liverpool could be the beneficiary of the collapsed talks between Forest and Lisbon, with Diomande still available and for only €40m (£34.3m).

Vidal reports: “Liverpool could benefit from the failure of negotiations between Nottingham Forest and Sporting for Ousmane Diomande. Le défenseur ivoirien de 22 ans, estimé autour de 40 M€, reste disponible et figure depuis longtemps sur les radars des Reds, qui cherchent à renforcer leur… — Sébastien Vidal (@SebEcrivainFoot) August 7, 2026 Why a move to sign Diomande makes sense for Liverpool this summer Liverpool were particularly heavily linked with signing Diomande between 2021 and 2023, after which links subsided quite a bit.