“With the best players, it is difficult for their teams to allow the good players to leave halfway through the season. 7;s current situation at the Bernabeu as he struggles to hold down a regular spot in the starting 11. The 24-year old has 18 months remaining on his contract at Griffin Park which gives the Championship outfit a solid bargaining position. rts daily LIVE blogAnd the French international says he is still in the dark about his future with?Premier League giants City. Keep up to date with ALL the Brentford?news, gossip and transfers on our club pageBrentford chiefs w. AP:Associated Press3Isco in action against BarcelonaGetty Images3The midfielder has often been linke. But the £10m signing has been much improved in this seasons Championship campaign, starring in Steve Bruces sides push up the table. MANCHESTER UNITED will be asked to loan West Ham the worlds most expensive teenager, Anthony Martial, or their highly-rated England star, Marcus Rashford, in January. Getty Images3Wayne Rooney has offers from TWO Chinese clubsGetty Images3The Manchester United and En. ce Christmas treatsJul In The CrownArsenal and Liverpool left stunned as Paris Saint-Germain agree staggering £38m fee to sign Julian DraxlerNeil AshtonShocking Merseyside derby display shows Ross Barkley is lost in Ronald Koeman's structureGIFT OF THE GABLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp ready to end Gabriel Barbosa's Inter Milan hell in JanuaryDan's The ManJordan Henderson backs deadly Daniel Sturridge to fire Liverpool to title ahead of favourites ChelseaNo win no feeAlberto Aquilani doesn't seem to have recovered from his Liverpool nightmareTEAM NEWSLiverpool vs Stoke City: Whos in the line-up and whats the latest team news It will seem strange to some to see the Premier Leagues second best team chasing a player from a side who got relegated last season and now lie 13th in the second tier, but Liverpools leaky defence is in desperate need of a new left-back.