{"id":515833,"date":"2026-06-24T09:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/515833\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:19:08","slug":"liverpool-pull-plug-on-deal-to-sign-championship-star-after-yan-diomande-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/515833\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool pull plug on deal to sign Championship star after Yan Diomande agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have decided to not pursue their interest in signing Crysencio Summerville from West Ham this summer, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have already sealed a deal to sign Victor Munoz from Osasuna this summer as they beat Newcastle United to the Spain international last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> won\u2019t stop there though, as they look to sign another winger this summer. with Yan Diomande emerging as their main option to strengthen the wide areas.<\/p>\n<p>Andoni Iraola\u2019s side have been sparked into action after Mohamed Salah revealed in March that he would be leaving the club, while Cody Gakpo\u2019s form last season was underwhelming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-rb-leipzig-yan-diomande-agreement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There were rumours on Tuesday<\/a> that Liverpool had reached an \u2018agreement\u2019 with Diomande over personal terms and that a club-to-club deal remains the final potential stumbling block.<\/p>\n<p>Media Foot revealed: \u2018According to our sources, an understanding exists between the English club and Diomande\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/transfer-window-summer-2026-rumours-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer rumour ranking: Wirtz to Chelsea? Arsenal, Spurs linked with City star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018All that remains is for the club\u2019s management to convince Leipzig regarding the transfer fee.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano explained on Sunday how a deal for Diomande could be complicated by Leipzig\u2019s desire to keep the Ivory Coast international for another season.<\/p>\n<p>On Liverpool\u2019s interest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-new-offer-yan-diomande-very-tempted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romano said on his YouTube channel<\/a>: \u201cFirst of all, they still dream of keeping Yan Diomande.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are trying to tell Diomande, they are trying to tell his agents: stay one more season here at RB Leipzig, sign a new contract, get a very good salary, put a release clause, and in summer 2027 you go wherever you want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can pick the new club, they don\u2019t have to reach out to us as Leipzig, they pay the clause and you decide the best project, the best contract, whatever. This is what they are saying from Leipzig.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romano added: \u201cBut on the other side, the player is very tempted by leaving the club now, this summer, without waiting one more season even if they have Champions League football.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-transfer-budget-revealed-nunez-return-stance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool transfer budget is revealed as the Reds make Nunez return stance clear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Diomande really considering the possibility to leave immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Summerville is no longer of interest to Liverpool \u2013 Pearce<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have other options in the fire if a deal for Diomande doesn\u2019t work out this summer with West Ham\u2019s Summerville one of those players believed to be on their list.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7382334\/2026\/06\/23\/transfer-dealsheet-latest-arsenal-man-united\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic\u2018s James Pearce has revealed that<\/a> Summerville is not someone Liverpool are looking to sign this summer \u2018despite some interest earlier in the year\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have already been in contact with Leipzig to insist they would be willing to offer \u20ac100m for Diomande but the Bundesliga side are looking for a deal around \u20ac130m if they are to sell this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Pearce adds that \u2018Brighton &amp; Hove Albion\u2019s Yankuba Minteh, Said El Mala of FC Koln and Lille\u2019s Matias Fernandez-Pardo have been looked at\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from strengthening the wide areas, Pearce insists that Liverpool are looking to bring in a new midfielder, while a right-sided defender \u2018would be useful\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-sticking-point-fernandes-liverpool-hijack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd \u2018sticking point\u2019 emerges in Fernandes race as Liverpool hijack attempt \u2018accelerates\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have decided to not pursue their interest in signing Crysencio Summerville from West Ham this summer, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[140847,1100,61,60,1101,43,1102,112,123264],"class_list":["post-515833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-crysencio-summerville","tag-home-page","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-liverpool","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-yan-diomande"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515833","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=515833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}