Liverpool boss Arne Slot will hope to see his side move a step closer to automatic qualification for the Champions League knockout stages when they face French side Marseille on Wednesday evening.
The Reds have endured a difficult campaign so far and currently sit 11th in the 32-team group phase table, with only the top eight sides qualifying automatically for the knockouts.
Slot will expect to see his side return from Marseille with all three points, before they host Azerbaijani side Qarabag in their final match of the group phase.
Now, with the end of the January transfer window fast approaching, it is emerging that the Merseyside outfit are leading the race to sign a Bundesliga sensation.
According to CaughtOffside, Liverpool are currently showing the strongest interest in RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande.
The report claims that the reigning Premier League champions are one of several sides keeping tabs on the Ivory Coast international, who recently represented his country at the African Cup of Nations.
Diomande is enjoying a fine season with Leipzig (Photo: Sipa US/Alamy)
The 19-year-old joined Leipzig from Spanish side Leganes over the summer, having scored twice in ten games for the club.
He has made a super start to life in Germany, though, netting seven times and scoring four goals in 18 matches across all competitions.
Liverpool’s fellow Premier League sides Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United are all also said to be monitoring the Ivorian, while French champions Paris Saint-Germain and German giants Bayern Munich are also interested.
Leipzig are said to have informed interested clubs that they will not consider offers below their £87 million valuation of the winger, who primarily operates on the right flank but can also play on the right.
It is claimed that Liverpool are expected to lodge a formal offer for the player in the coming months, with those in charge of the club believing that Diomande could be a long-term successor to Mohamed Salah.