{"id":370168,"date":"2026-03-28T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/370168\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:01:09","slug":"reliable-journalist-confirms-preferred-salah-successor-as-reds-fight-newcastle-for-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/370168\/","title":{"rendered":"Reliable journalist confirms &#8216;preferred&#8217; Salah successor as Reds &#8216;fight&#8217; Newcastle for striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are lining up a move for RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande as one of their \u2018top three preferred successors\u2019 to Mohamed Salah, according to reliable journalist Florian Plettenberg.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds announced earlier this week that Salah will be leaving Anfield at the end of the season after nine years at the Premier League club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> have made his future clear early so that Reds fans have the opportunity to properly say goodbye to the living legend before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Merseysiders have been planning for his potential departure for a long time with rumours of interest from the Saudi Pro League existing for years.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise has been the name on everyone\u2019s lips in recent months but there are doubts that the Bavarians will sell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/bayern-chief-dig-very-bad-liverpool-olise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sport Bild journalist Christian Falk revealed earlier this week<\/a> that there is \u201cno chance\u201d Olise will leave Bayern Munich for Liverpool in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-slot-hungary-rossi-takes-swipe-szoboszlai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Don\u2019t interfere in my work\u2019 \u2013 Hungary coach takes swipe at Liverpool boss Slot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Falk said: \u201cBayern declares Olise unsellable! No Chance for Real and Fiorentino Perez. No Chance for Liverpool for their search for a Salah successor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have talked with Bayern\u2019s Head of Sport Max Eberl. He told me that they wouldn\u2019t even consider it if an offer came in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a Bayern Munich player and has all the opportunities here that top players could wish for. Bayern wants to shape the future with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEberl also confirmed to me that Olise has no release clause in his contract.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Bayern Munich\u2019s honorary president Uli Hoeness insists that the Bundesliga outfit \u201cwon\u2019t be contributing to them [Liverpool] playing better next year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hoeness said at an AI festival on Thursday: \u201cIf that\u2019s true\u2026 I don\u2019t believe it is, but Liverpool spent 500 million this year and are having a very bad season. So we won\u2019t be contributing to them playing better next year.<\/p>\n<p>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-romano-salah-messi-inter-miami-transfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romano reveals possibility of Liverpool star Salah joining Messi at Inter Miami<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-salah-transfer-agreement-immediately-frontrunner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool: Salah transfer \u2018agreement\u2019 due \u2018immediately\u2019 after \u2018frontrunner\u2019 to sign Reds star revealed<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-alonso-demands-two-signings-practically-agreed-slot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alonso demands two Liverpool signings as summer arrival is \u2018practically agreed\u2019 in Slot blow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe play this game for our fans. We have 430,000 members, we have many millions of fans around the world, and it does them little good if we have 200 million in the bank and play worse football every Saturday because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A player who could be easier to land is RB Leipzig\u2019s Diomande, although the Bundesliga side want \u20ac100m for the Ivorian, and Sky Germany reporter Plettenberg has confirmed him as a target for Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2037658430035329370\" target=\"_blank\">Plettenberg wrote on X<\/a>: \u2018Confirmed once again that Yan #Diomande is among the top three preferred successors to Mo Salah at Liverpool. #LFC Various talks are ongoing behind the scenes regarding several candidates. RB Leipzig are demanding up to \u20ac100 million for 19 y\/o Diomande. Therefore, a move to FC Bayern is currently still unrealistic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are also looking to sign a striker with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmjornal.pt\/desporto\/futebol\/detalhe\/liverpool-e-newcastle-lutam-por-suarez\" target=\"_blank\">Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha claiming that<\/a> the Reds are \u2018fighting tooth and nail\u2019 with Newcastle United to sign Sporting CP striker Luis Suarez in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese top-flight side have inserted a \u20ac80m release clause in Suarez\u2019s contract but there are claims they could accept a deal closer to \u20ac60m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are lining up a move for RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande as one of their \u2018top three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-370168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}