Diouf was recruited by the Galaxy Football Academy in his home city of Dakar, Senegal, aged 13. He joined the Academie Mawade Wade - named after the former Senegal national team coach and boasting graduates including ex- Manchester United and Stoke man Mame Biram Diouf - four years later.

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

West Ham have completed the signing of Slavia Prague defender El Hadji Malick Diouf for an initial £19m. The 20-year-old is the Irons' first signing of a summer that has already seen significant