As Liverpool continue to be heavily linked with a summer move for Ivory Coast star Yan Diomande, journalist Paul Joyce has now dropped a new update.
Diomande’s stock is rising by the week, with the 19-year-old catching the eye in the Ivory Coast’s 2-1 defeat to Germany on Saturday night.
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge enjoyed what he saw from the RB Leipzig winger, taking to X to heap praise on him, saying: “Diomande is causing all kinds of trouble. Africa always produce amazing attackers and he’s next up. Love his game.”
Now, writing for The Times, the reliable Joyce has claimed that the Reds will “bid again” for Diomande “in the coming days” after their £86m offer was deemed to be “significantly short of RB Leipzig’s £100million-plus valuation.”
He goes on to add that the Bundesliga outfit “does not want to sell the teenager and insists it will take an ‘extraordinary’ offer for them to fold.”
Will Liverpool get a deal for Yan Diomande over the line?
Leipzig aren’t going to be a soft touch with Diomande this summer, holding out for as much money as possible for one of their most prized assets in years.
The Ivorian looks like such a special talent, which explains why his current club are so desperate to keep hold of him this summer, and he could be an electric presence out wide for Liverpool for many years.
Diomande has an ability to beat a player with such ease – he completed four dribbles against Spain, according to FotMob – while commentator Kevin Hatchard has claimed that even a below-par performance would be a good one for most players:
“Weirdly, I didn’t think Yan Diomande was anywhere near his best against Germany. Some loose touches, poor decisions and he ran out of steam. BUT he still made the opening goal, and tortured Kimmich at times. His 5/10 is a lot of players’ 8/10.”
It is hard to predict where Diomande will be playing his football next season, but Liverpool must throw everything at him, with the teenager having the potential to be one of Europe’s best wide players for the next decade.