Liverpool has been throwing serious money at RB Leipzig for 19-year-old winger Yan Diomande, and Leipzig keeps sending it back. With bids reportedly reaching around €90 million plus €10 million in add-ons, you’d think that would move the needle for a teenager who only joined the club last year. It hasn’t.
Now, with Paris Saint-Germain in advanced negotiations with Diomande, including discussions over a contract that could stretch through 2031, Liverpool is doing what any sensible club does when Plan A starts looking shaky. They’re building a Plan B. The names on that shortlist: Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh and PSG’s own Bradley Barcola.
The Diomande situation, explained
Diomande, born on November 14, 2006, is an Ivorian winger who has rocketed into the conversation as one of Europe’s most coveted young talents since arriving at Leipzig in 2025.
Liverpool’s interest is part of a longer-term strategy to identify a successor for Mohamed Salah. The problem is twofold. Leipzig doesn’t want to sell at the prices Liverpool has offered, which is notable given those prices are already eye-watering. And Diomande himself has reportedly expressed a preference for PSG. When both the selling club and the player are working against you, even a €100 million checkbook doesn’t help much.
