Diomande agrees Real Madrid terms as PSG step away

RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande has agreed idiosyncratic presumption with Real Madrid aft Paris St-Germain withdrew their interest. The 19-year-old Ivory Coast planetary was previously a people for Liverpool, who had an archetypal bid of £69m rejected successful June, arsenic good arsenic PSG. Liverpool past moved connected to different targets, and PSG person present opted against entering a bidding warfare with Real. PSG are said to person had a last £102.5m bid rejected for the teen connected Sunday. Madrid person since agreed idiosyncratic terms, said to beryllium modelled connected England midfielder Jude Bellingham's declaration arsenic they are incentivised connected performances and efficaciously amended year-on-year. Real volition wage much than £100m for Diomande, who joined Leipzig from Spanish nine Leganes past summertime connected a five-year deal. Sources adjacent to Real accidental cardinal negotiators Jose Angel and Juni Calafat person been scouting Diomande for astir 5 years, but were not reactive to Diomande's World Cup performances. Leipzig person tried hard to support the guardant successful Germany but respect the involvement successful Diomande arsenic extraordinary, truthful person recovered it hard to cull the involvement - and imaginable grounds merchantability terms - from Europe's elite clubs. Diomande was the Bundesliga's young subordinate of the play for 2025-26, having scored 12 goals and registered 8 assists past term. He moved from his autochthonal Ivory Coast to an academy successful the United States successful 2025 earlier joining Spanish broadside Leganes.