{"id":502218,"date":"2026-06-16T09:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502218\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:11:08","slug":"liverpool-diomande-reaches-decision-on-priority-move-as-fsg-tipped-to-sign-80m-plan-b-in-domino-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502218\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Diomande reaches decision on &#8216;priority move&#8217; as FSG tipped to sign \u00a380m Plan B in domino effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, RB Leipzig standout Yan Diomande is \u2018now prioritising\u2019 a move to Liverpool, but they have been tipped to sign an alternative.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool <\/a>are likely to be active in this summer\u2019s transfer window, with signings expected in various positions after their disappointing 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/andoni-iraola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andoni Iraola<\/a>\u2018s side could prioritise new wingers following the exit of Mohamed Salah, with Diomande mooted as a leading target.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old is coming off a superb breakout season with RB Leipzig, contributing 12 goals and 8 assists in 33 Bundesliga outings.<\/p>\n<p>Diomande also shone for Ivory Coast against Ecuador in his World Cup debut, while Liverpool face competition from Ligue Un giants Paris Saint-Germain for this transfer.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-romano-reveals-update-nunez-return-everything-done-claim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool: Romano reveals update on potential Nunez return after \u2018everything is done\u2019 claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a report claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-yan-diomande-transfer-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool are \u2018pushing\u2019 to sign Diomande, while Ivory Coast\u2019s manager has told reporters that he\u2019s hearing the winger is heading to Anfield this summer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Liverpool reporter James William claims Diomande is \u2018now prioritising\u2019 the Reds over other clubs.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamesWillliam_\/status\/2066483232359563770\" target=\"_blank\">William said on X:<\/a> \u2018Understand Liverpool have made progress in the attempt to sign RB Leipizig\u2019s Yan Diomande, player is now prioritsing a move to Liverpool. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Convinced by the project Diomande is eager to join Iraola\u2019s plans.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-contact-sign-arsenal-star-gunners-open-sale-one-condition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool \u2018make contact\u2019 to sign Arsenal star with Gunners \u2018open\u2019 to sale on one condition \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool tipped to sign Bradley Barcola as Diomande alternative<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, former Aston Villa forward Gabby Agbonlahor suspects PSG will win the race to sign Diomande, which will lead to Liverpool landing the \u00a380m-rated Bradley Barcola.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re that good at that age and you have so long left of your career, if you don\u2019t get injured of course, your price tag is going to be so much higher than a 24-year-old,\u201d Agbonlahor said on talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he\u2019s not proven amazingly yet but last season Diomande scored 12 goals and had nine assists in the league for Leipzig, he\u2019s 19 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the season, he has 118 successful dribbles, 50 more than anyone else and last night he made Hincapie look ordinary. He twisted him left, right and centre on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d I think he goes to PSG because of the way they\u2019re performing at the moment and PSG will let Barcola go to Liverpool because they don\u2019t need that many wingers.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-pull-out-of-deal-for-premier-league-star-with-man-utd-willing-to-pay-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool pull out of deal for Premier League star with Man Utd \u2018willing to pay more\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiomande would 100 per cent get straight in the team and it looks like he would score more goals than Barcola, he likes to miss a lot of chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither way, Liverpool will get one of the two players but PSG will want the 19-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like Jadon Sancho, United paid 75mil for him, if he comes over and it doesn\u2019t work, it\u2019s a big risk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, RB Leipzig standout Yan Diomande is \u2018now prioritising\u2019 a move to Liverpool, but they have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[109021,1100,61,60,1101,43,4442,1102,112,123264],"class_list":["post-502218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bradley-barcola","tag-home-page","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-liverpool","tag-news","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-yan-diomande"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502218","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=502218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}