Ousmane Diomande in action for the Ivory Coast at the World Cup (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)Liverpool are reportedly long-time admirers of Sporting Lisbon centre-back Ousmane Diomande and could benefit from his move to Nottingham Forest stalling. The Reds are being linked with a possible hijack for Diomande by French journalist Sebastien Vidal, who claims that there is now a “failure” of negotiations between Forest and Sporting. It seems this could let Liverpool back into the race as they remain on the hunt for a new signing in central defence this summer…Liverpool pourrait profiter de l’échec des négociations entre Nottingham Forest et le Sporting pour Ousmane Diomande. Ibrahima Konate has left Anfield on a free transfer, and there’s yet to be a replacement brought in for the France international. Liverpool might do well to make more than one signing in defence, though, as Virgil van Dijk is also not getting any younger.