Transfer news already turning up. Fabrizio posted this morning that PSG and Liverpool are both firmly in discussions to sign Yan Diomande. Likely going to be another 100M+ price tag. Would also not surprise me at all if Liverpool drive a hard bargain and then swoop in and buy Barcola if Diomande goes PSG.
Weird for PSG though imo. Kvaratschelia is a top thee to five winger in the world and Doue is as talented a young prospect as Diomande imo and he's French. So are you going to spend 100+ million on a guy to split time with Doue, really?
As a Leipzig fan, he's one of my favorite players after just one year. One of my favorite moments of his this year was actually not his attacking prowess at all, but watching him pump his fists and celebrate tracking back to make a key tackle. He does it all and he's got a great attitude to go with his talent. Little known fact - he learned English and spent academy time in the US.
Last time I posted on here I was pretty confident we'd be able to give him an extension with release clause for next year, but that was when rumors were valuing him at about 80. It's high enough now I think he's gone. I hope y'all get him, but to the point on PSG, Diomande would easily be a play-every-game super sub at worst because he can play everywhere up front. Also PSG rotate heavily to rest guys for UCL (and they can afford to do so because their league is trash)… and Diomande is the type of guy who wouldn't feel slighted by that - he'd still work hard against Ligue 1 bottom feeders.