{"id":236560,"date":"2026-01-09T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/236560\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:49:09","slug":"1m-deal-for-senegal-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/236560\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a31m Deal for Senegal Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool have landed the signature of teenage centre-back Mor Talla Ndiaye from Senegal, while one outlet has claimed Crystal Palace<\/a> are still anticipating a move for Marc Guehi. <\/p>\n

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Liverpool complete signing of Talla Ndiaye in 7-figure deal<\/p>\n

Less than a week after reports first emerged, Liverpool have signed centre-back Mor Talla Ndiaye from Amitie FC for a fee in the region of \u00a31 million, as per the Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The club beat out competition for the 18-year-old thanks to the \u201cpathway they presented\u201d and the financial package offered to his Senegalese club that included add-ons.<\/p>\n

Having turned 18 earlier in the week, he is free to make the move to Merseyside to join Rob Page\u2019s U21s, which could prompt a loan move for Amara Nallo in the January window.<\/p>\n

\"KIRKBY,<\/p>\n

It does mean the club have bolstered their defensive ranks at academy level, with Ndiaye joining the likes of Nallo, Wellity Lucky, Noah Adekoya, and Carter Pinnington \u2013 with Ifeanyi Ndukwe to join in the summer.<\/p>\n

Ndiaye is naturally a left-sided defender and he impressed at the U17 World Cup with Senegal, with his development now in the hands of Liverpool.<\/p>\n

If we can\u2019t sign centre-backs at senior level, may as well get as many as we can at the academy!<\/p>\n

Marc Guehi transfer: Asking price reportedly dropped<\/p>\n

\"England\u2019s<\/p>\n

\u2022 Guehi\u2018s asking price has reportedly dropped below \u00a335 million<\/a>, with Crystal Palace<\/a> said to be anticipating an offer from Liverpool \u2013 please, just do it! <\/p>\n

\u2022 Gabriel Martinelli has apologised for his disgusting behaviour <\/a>to Conor Bradley<\/a>, claiming he \u201creally didn\u2019t understand\u201d in the heat of the moment \u2013 that can\u2019t be an excuse, mind you! <\/p>\n

\u2022 Virgil van Dijk<\/a> has discussed how \u201cunhappy\u201d Liverpool players were<\/a> with the Arsenal<\/a> man\u2019s actions \u2013 he was lucky none of them took retribution into their own hands<\/p>\n

\u2022 Italian outlet Tuttosport<\/a> have claimed Federico Chiesa<\/a> recently called some of his ex-Juventus teammates to discuss the club\u2019s changes after reported interest \u2013 you can\u2019t blame him if he wanted to leave <\/p>\n

ANALYSIS: Milos Kerkez nullifies Saka<\/p>\n

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With the help of FotMob<\/a>, we can see how Milos Kerkez<\/a> nullified the influence of Bukayo Saka over the 78 minutes they were on the pitch together before the Arsenal<\/a> man was replaced:<\/p>\n

\u201cKerkez was dribbled past only once by Arsenal<\/a>\u2018s No. 7, while Saka had double the amount going the other way.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoreover, the 22-year-old won six of his nine duels, the joint-best success rate (66.6%) across both teams, with FotMob also crediting the defender with four successful tackles, the second-most on the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaka, meanwhile, finished his evening with only two shots (one on target), zero chances created, two successful dribbles from five attempts, and a duel success rate of 36.3 percent (4\/11).\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: How Kerkez bounced back to nullify Saka \u2013 0 chances created<\/a><\/p>\n

Antoine Semenyo unveiled by Man City<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Man City<\/a> have announced the signing of Antoine Semenyo, his contract runs until 2031. At least we can move on and look at other options for the forward line now (MCFC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Everton<\/a> appealed the straight red card for Michael Keane after his hair pull against Wolves<\/a>, but the FA has rejected it and he will serve a three-match ban \u2013 the defender is in their top three goalscorers this season\u2026 <\/p>\n

\u2022 Saka has agreed a new five-year contract with Arsenal<\/a>, he was already signed until 2027 but the Gunners were proactive \u2013 Liverpool, fancy following suit? (The Athletic<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Liverpool FC: On this day<\/p>\n

Two notable former Reds celebrate their birthdays on January 9, Ray Houghton and Lucas Leiva<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The former turns 64 this year, while Liverpool\u2019s first adopted Brazilian hits the age of 39.<\/p>\n

For the younger readers, Houghton played 202 times for Liverpool as a key midfielder who won two league titles and two FA Cups from 1987 to 1992.<\/p>\n

Lucas didn\u2019t have the silverware to match his longevity, but he is still remembered fondly having played 346 times for Liverpool and turned around a shaky start to eventually win club player of the year in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have landed the signature of teenage centre-back Mor Talla Ndiaye from Senegal, while one outlet has claimed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,33469,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-236560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-round-up","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}