Yan Diomande on his "big move" to Leipzig and a World Cup clash with Germany
Yan Diomande on his "big move" to Leipzig and a World Cup clash with Germany It took €20million to bring Yan Diomande to RB Leipzig last summer, and it goes without saying that it was probably one of the best investments the club ever made. For the Ivory Coast winger, the Lower Saxony club was familiar to him even before he joined. "It was a big move from Leganes to here [Leipzig].
I knew Leipzig a long time, in the Champions League because of Amadou Haidara. I told him directly 'I want to go there," Diomande said in an in-house interview with Leipzig. "He told me ‘RB Leipzig want to buy you’ and I told him "I want to go there, I don't have to think" directly.
I knew the team, it was a good team and a good decision. I can only say that I'm blessed. There's not a lot of people who get this opportunity.
I wanted to say thank you to God because I'm blessed," he added. The 19-year-old gave insights into his first experiences in Leipzig, a burning desire to score his first goal for the club and how he has managed to lay claim to his permanent place in Ole Werner's squad. "I was waiting for my first goal and then I scored my first goal.
Then I scored and scored and scored. But I'm not finished, I'm trying to improve and score again, more goals. I'm working and believing in myself.