RESOLVING THE LEDGER
This is one outlet's own report from Sky Sports — the article as it was filed. Other outlets are covering the same event; open the full story to compare every source side by side.
See the full story · 3 sources
Real Madrid are in pole position to sign RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande, according to Sky in Germany. <p>The Spanish giants have already had a £85.4m (€100m) bid rejected for the 19-year-old but Leipzig want significantly more to let him go.</p><ul><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/TransfersSkySportsApp" target="_blank"><strong>Transfer Centre LIVE!</strong></a></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? </strong><a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Get Sky Sports</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>stream with no contract on NOW</strong></a><strong>📺</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12110/10952996/sky-sports-push-notifications-faq-how-to-receive-the-alerts-you-want" target="_blank"><strong>Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want!</strong></a> 🔔</li></ul><p><em>Sky in Germany</em> are reporting that Real were working with RB Leipzig on Saturday night to strike an agreement for the player.</p><p>Diomande had previously indicated a preference to join <strong>Paris Saint-Germain</strong> earlier this summer and agreed a contract with them until 2031.</p><p>Real have now also agreed personal terms with Diomande.</p><widget id="21"></widget><p>Jose Mourinho's side have been active in this window as Bernardo Silva, Ibrahima Konate, Denzel Dumfries and Marc Cucurella have all been snapped up.</p> <widget id="25"></widget><p><strong>Liverpool </strong>have also expressed an interest in winger Diomande but aren't willing to pay more than £85m.</p><p>Premier League clubs <strong>Arsenal </strong>and <strong>Manchester City</strong> also remain interested in Diomande.</p><p>With six weeks left of the transfer window, the situation has been described as an open race by sources close to any potential deal. Real have now come to the table with an offer amid uncertainty around the future of Vinicius Junior.</p><p>The fee Liverpool are ready to pay at this stage would dwarf the Premier League's record transfer for a teenager, surpassing the £58.9m Manchester United agreed to sign Leny Yoro from Lille for in the summer of 2024.</p><h3><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/13566893/vinicius-jr-transfer-news-arsenal-exploring-deal-for-real-madrid-and-brazil-forward">Arsenal looking into Vinicius Jr deal</a></h3> <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/13566893/vinicius-jr-transfer-news-arsenal-exploring-deal-for-real-madrid-and-brazil-forward"> </a> <widget id="22"></widget><p><strong>Arsenal </strong>are looking into a potential deal for Real Madrid winger <strong>Vinicius Junior</strong>.</p><p>At this point there has been no club-to-club contact, but the interest is real. Vinicius Jr is one of a number of forward targets Arsenal are exploring, with <strong>Julian</strong> <strong>Alvarez</strong>, Diomande and <strong>Bradley Barcola </strong>also players of interest.</p><p>The Brazilian international, 26, has entered the final year of his contract and if an agreement cannot be found on a new deal, Real could be open to selling, rather than lose him for free next summer.</p><h3>Bayern confident of Olise stay amid Real links</h3> <widget id="23"></widget><p><strong>Bayern Munich </strong>director <strong>Christoph Freund</strong> has rebuffed claims that <strong>Real Madrid</strong> could come in for <strong>Michael Olise</strong>.</p><p>Olise has been linked with a move to the Spanish giants but Freund says such a move is not on his mind.</p><p>"This is not a topic for us at all," Freund told reporters on Saturday</p><p>"We are delighted that Michael Olise has returned from his holiday. He will continue to play an important role at Bayern Munich this season, just like last year."</p><h3><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13541524/yan-diomande-interview-on-the-world-cup-with-cote-divoire-his-gratitude-to-rb-leipzig-and-trials-with-crystal-palace">Diomande interview: Leipzig & trials at Palace</a></h3> <widget id="18"></widget><p>"Everything went fast," says Yan Diomande. Indeed, it is extraordinary now to think that this time last year Diomande's entire senior career amounted to half a dozen starts for Leganes at the back end of last season as they were relegated from LaLiga.</p><p>He scored in two of those six games, against Espanyol and Valladolid. Even his team did not find the net in the other four. But the teenager did enough to persuade RB Leipzig to part with €20m to bring him to the Bundesliga. Once there, he has been a revelation.</p><p>Thrilling to watch and impossible to defend, Diomande is lightning, full of unpredictable enterprise. He has the things that cannot be coached and by listening to the things that can he is getting better. The very biggest clubs want him. The rest cannot afford him.</p><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13541524/yan-diomande-interview-on-the-world-cup-with-cote-divoire-his-gratitude-to-rb-leipzig-and-trials-with-crystal-palace"><em>Read Adam Bate's full interview with Diomande here...</em></a></p> <widget id="24"></widget>
AIPROPX is an independent multi-source news index — we track, compare, and connect coverage from across the web into one place you won't find anywhere else.