{"id":482167,"date":"2026-02-15T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/482167\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:31:11","slug":"liverpool-luis-diaz-to-help-fsg-sign-phenomenal-e100m-forward-in-record-breaking-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/482167\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Luis Diaz to help FSG sign phenomenal \u20ac100m forward in record-breaking deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luis Diaz could prove key to Liverpool signing electric winger Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig, as a journalist has predicted the transfer dominoes that could fall, and with a second report having made a \u2018guarantee\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> last summer by joining Bayern Munich in a huge \u20ac75million (then \u00a365.5m) deal. The transfer helped Liverpool to fund their record \u00a3125m swoop for Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/luis-diaz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diaz<\/a> has been fantastic in Germany, having notched 19 goals and 15 assists in 32 appearances so far. The Colombian winger has formed part of a deadly forward line alongside Harry Kane and Michael Olise this season.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have now been given a major boost as German reporter Christian Falk has explained how Diaz\u2019s superb form could help Diomande move to Anfield rather than Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard that Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool are all interested and can afford him [Diomande],\u201d Falk\u00a0wrote in his latest column for <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cfbayerninsider.com\/2026\/02\/the-bayern-insider-nick-woltemade-could-open-door-for-summer-transfer-amid-harry-kane-saudi-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\">CF Bayern Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBayern Munich don\u2019t need a \u201cPlan A\u201d, they need a \u201cPlan B\u201d; so \u20ac100m for a Plan B behind Diaz is just too much money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diomande is due to become Leipzig\u2019s new record sale, with his \u20ac100m (\u00a387m \/ $119m) price tag set to eclipse Josko Gvardiol\u2019s \u20ac90m move to Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Our sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/man-utd-yan-diomande-liverpool-rb-leipzig-50-million-response-sources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">laughed off suggestions Diomande could leave Leipzig for just \u20ac60m (\u00a352m \/ $71m)<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>We can confirm that Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal have all been scouting Diomande, while also opening talks with his camp to register their interest.<\/p>\n<p>Out of those clubs, Liverpool appear to be in pole position. On January 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/transfer-news-yan-diomande-wants-to-sign-world-class-e120m-mohamed-salah-heir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 19-year-old said<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI want to play at Anfield, I want to play for Liverpool. I\u2019m a big Liverpool fan. My father\u2019s dream is to see me play for Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Diomande could be next big Liverpool arrival<\/p>\n<p>On February 7, trusted Liverpool journalist James Pearce reported that an elite winger is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/elite-winger-signing-james-pearce-yan-diomande-bradley-barcola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018destined\u2019 to join Arne Slot\u2019s side this summer<\/a>, with Diomande high on their wish list.<\/p>\n<p>As Diomande can play on either flank, he could replace Cody Gakpo in the starting lineup or help Liverpool eventually move on from Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, fellow Liverpool reporter David Lynch made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/transfers-journalist-guarantees-87m-yan-diomande-interest-push-button-explosive-transfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018guarantee\u2019 that Diomande is on Liverpool\u2019s radar<\/a>. Lynch added that Liverpool could \u2018move earlier\u2019 for the Ivorian than usual so they do not miss out on him to United, City or Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch explained how Liverpool would normally wait a few more years before spending such big money on an attacker, but all clubs are moving earlier these days \u2013 ramping up the pressure even higher.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool: Star\u2019s exit \u2018dream\u2019; price drop revealed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/dominik-szoboszlai-real-madrid-dream-stunning-liverpool-exit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elite Liverpool star backed to secure gut-wrenching Real Madrid switch: \u2018He has one dream\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/nico-schlotterbeck-signing-price-drop-borussia-dortmund-real-madrid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool learn of stunning \u00a318m price drop to sign 6ft 3in monster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/mohamed-salah-lloyd-kelly-yan-diomande-anfield-2026-transfers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mo Salah bombshell drops as Liverpool linked with centre-back Newcastle sold for \u00a320m<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz could prove key to Liverpool signing electric winger Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig, as a journalist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[109016,64,63,596,585,109017,1613,12020,17165,1614,85,968],"class_list":{"0":"post-482167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-all-the-news","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-front-page","13":"tag-german-bundesliga","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-luis-diaz","16":"tag-popular","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-transfer-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}