Red Bull put their foot down over £87m Yan Diomande deal
Yan Diomande is now seen as the No1 target to replace Mohamed Salah at Liverpool. Given their struggles out wide this season the Premier League champions are crying out for additional one-v-one qualit...
Red Bull put their foot down over £87m Yan Diomande deal Yan Diomande is now seen as the No1 target to replace Mohamed Salah at Liverpool. Given their struggles out wide this season the Premier League champions are crying out for additional one-v-one quality. And following his rapid rise in the Bundesliga this season with RB Leipzig the 19-year-old Ivorian has elbowed his way to the top of Liverpool’s list .
Diomande signed for the Red Bulls from Leganes in summer 2025 for only £18m but i s already being discussed as a potential nine-figure transfer . Leipzig remain in total control of the winger’s destiny - with a long-term contract secured until 2030. Indeed don’t rule out the possibility of Diomande signing a new deal with a bumper payrise as Red Bull plot to cash in even bigger on their top talent.
On Friday the German side beat Union Berlin, 3-1, in the Bundesliga with Diomande grabbing an assist. Oliver Mintzlaff - the former CEO of RB Leipzig and now CEO of Corporate Projects and New Investments of Red Bull - spoke to Sky during the broadcast. Diomande won't be sold easily And he had a big warning to Liverpool and indeed every other club interested in Diomande this summer.
According to Mintzlaff the young African superstar won’t be going anywhere. "I can say: If I were sporting director, I wouldn't sell this young player, who hasn't even completed a full season with us,” the Red Bull exec disclosed as per BILD. “No matter what price is being asked.