Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain are among the teams to admire Yan Diomande, with the 19-year-old already starring for the Ivory Coast at the World Cup after a brilliant season for RB Leipzig
04:00, 16 Jun 2026
Yan Diomande poses with his first Player of the Match award at the World Cup
Yan Diomande won his first Player of the Match award at the World Cup(Image: Joosep Martinson - FIFA via Getty Images)
When you are 19 and your club can command a transfer fee north of $100M for your services, it is fair to assume that you are something special. Liverpool-admired Yan Diomande falls into that bracket.
The RB Leipzig star has only been in Germany for a season, but he made an immediate impact, notching 23 goal contributions in 36 appearances. On his World Cup debut, he was named the Player of the Match with a brilliant showing against Ecuador in which he ran rings around the Arsenal defender Piero Hincapie.
Diomande appears to be heading to the top and he would offer Liverpool the exact attributes that it has been missing: speed, trickery and quality chance-creation from out wide.
"When we were in France, during the preparation, journalists told me he was about to sign with PSG, and here, they tell me he's about to sign with Liverpool!" Ivory Coast boss Emerse Fae joked.
"I don't know, but for now, he will focus on the World Cup, and then afterwards, he can think about the rest of his career. I can't put it into words. He's very talented, but beyond the talent, he's very young and he'll improve."
Wherever Diomande ends up — and Leipzig, it should be pointed out, would like to keep him for another 12 months if it can, though that may not prove realistic — he looks set to become one of the best in the world in his position.
Diomande during the Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador at the World Cup
Diomande during the Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador at the World Cup(Image: Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
And when it comes to attracting him to Liverpool, the Reds should have a major advantage over PSG. For now, at least, those two clubs are widely reported to be the two main contenders.
With Mohamed Salah having departed, and Liverpool needing more quality in wide areas even before that, however, the route to regular games at Anfield is clear.
Federico Chiesa could leave before the end of the summer — he hinted at that himself recently, and it makes sense, having played so little in the last couple of years — and beyond that, there is only Cody Gakpo and Rio Ngumoha.
Contrast that to the riches that PSG can call upon: Bradley Barcola, for instance, is considering his future in Paris because he has Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue to compete with out wide, and Ousmane Dembele is another option for Luis Enrique.
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As talented as Diomande is, moving to PSG could see him out of the starting XI for the very biggest games.
Twenty-three-year-old Barcola, for example, played plenty last season, but when the most important fixtures, like the Champions League final, came around, he found himself on the bench.
At Liverpool, Diomande would arrive and slot into the starting team every week. In Salah's place on the right, he would have very little competition, even if both he and Ngumoha are comfortable on both flanks.
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In any pitch to the teenager, guarantees of his spot in the team must be central. If he is picking between Liverpool and PSG, there should only be one answer.