Diouf was recruited by the Galaxy Football Academy in his home city of Dakar, Senegal, aged 13. In January 2023 aged 18, he went on trial at Norwegian top-flight club Tromso, 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle and was offered a contract to join their reserve team.

The young, attack-minded Senegalese full-back, signed from Slavia Prague, is expected to add dynamism on the left flank

Analytics United use performance analysis and data to examine the contribution El Hadji Malick Diouf could make to West Ham