Mamadou Sangare is set to undergo a medical with Brentford today ahead of a potential £41m transfer from RC Lens.
Fabrizio Romano reports on X (formerly Twitter) that the Bees have secured a “verbal agreement” with the midfielder.
While no explicit links to Liverpool have emerged, it has been previously suggested by the reliable Dominic King that FSG would have been aware of the Ligue 1 star’s talents. Particularly so at a time when the Reds are thought to be keen on adding a holding six to the squad.
And so… another one bites the dust for Liverpool’s recruitment team.
🚨🔴⚪️ Brentford reach verbal agreement to sign Mamadou Sangare, here we go!
Sangare set for medical today after £41m deal in place with RC Lens, waiting to sign over weekend.
Club record deal on the way for Brentford. 🐝 pic.twitter.com/JSa5cAtUj1
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 31, 2026
Mind, we do want to emphasise that it didn’t seem like we were pushing particularly hard, if at all, to bring the 24-year-old to Anfield this summer.
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Of course, there is some obvious mitigation here in the form of ongoing negotiations with PSG to sign Bradley Barcola. It still remains unclear just how much budget Liverpool will have left to work with should they manage to get a deal over the line.
It’s still a little concerning, however, to see such names being rapidly picked off in the market while we opt to keep our powder dry heading into August.
It feels a little negligent to suggest that Liverpool don’t need to pump serious money into plugging a gap that hasn’t been addressed since Fabinho’s departure.
However, Trey Nyoni has already demonstrated traits that would certainly be of value to us heading into the 2026/27 campaign.
By Andoni Iraola’s admission, the teenager is good on the ball and can read the game well, but of course will need time to develop the side of his game out of possession.
There was a really promising performance too against Sunderland – albeit against weakened opposition as Regis Le Bris’ men rotated their options – which points to a player rapidly maturing at Liverpool.
* Trey Nyoni’s stats in pre-season for Liverpool (Fotmob)
Sure, there’s always the argument that such a player would benefit from consistent minutes away on loan.
But really, who’s better qualified to oversee Nyoni’s development than the man Liverpool have brought in to replace Arne Slot – a head coach with a reputation for helping players make significant strides forward.
We may have missed Sangare, but helping the Englishman reach his potential could be a decision that saves Liverpool millions of pounds this summer.
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Have Liverpool addressed the issues from last season yes or no. 1 conceded too many from set pieces 2 central defence not good enough 3 no defensive midfielder to protect the defence 4 vulnerable to the counter attack 5 not enough width of pace on the right 6 full backs too lightweight can’t defend 4231 Alisson Frimpong Jacquet Van dijk 35 Kirkez Gravenberch Alexis mac allister Szoboszlai Wirtz Barcola Isak
Second team Mamardashvili Bradley injured Gomez injured Leoni injured Tsimikas Endo Jones Elliott Munoz Rio ngumoha Ekitike injured
Not going to win anything with this squad.
We did not need barcola right now we need rayan, and spence and wharton, then if you want gakpo to go and spurs sign him,then while they give us van de ven or djed spence and we lose jota, salah, and diaz the gakpo did not try, barcola has only speed and dribbling i miss jota and nunez and diaz and arnold
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