Liverpool and Everton are among the clubs keen to sign FC Midtjylland centre-back Ousmane Diao this summer.
The 21-year-old has turned heads of leading clubs this season with RB Leipzig having a €12m bid turned down for the defender.
Diao was part of the Midtjylland team that impressed during this season’s Europa League with a third-place finish in the league phase, before bowing out on penalties to Nottingham Forest in the Round of 16.
He has made 71 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring an impressive nine goals.
Alongside the Merseyside duo, other Premier League teams are also tracking the Senegalese centre-back.
Fulham, Crystal Palace, and Bournemouth are also named as suitors by journalist Ekrem Konur, alongside Eintracht Frankfurt and Portuguese heavyweights FC Porto and Benfica.
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Midtjylland are understood to value Diao at around €20m (£17.3m) and are expecting interest in several leading assets this summer. Alongside Diao, forward Franculino Djú and Chile winger Darío Osorio have interest from England.
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