Yan Diomande is Liverpool’s ‘top target’ to replace Mo Salah

Liverpool have recognized their ‘prime goal’ to exchange Mo Salah, but it surely may price £87m to lure him from his present membership.

Yan Diomande has continuously been touted as one of many Reds’ major targets for the summer season switch window, and David Lynch claimed over the weekend that the RB Leipzig winger is ‘positively’ on FSG’s radar.

On Monday night, two notable updates emerged from Germany relating to the 19-year-old.

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Diomande is ‘Liverpool’s prime goal’ to exchange Salah

Firstly, Florian Plettenberg posted on X: ‘Yan Diomande is now Liverpool’s prime goal to exchange Mo Salah, with the transfer accredited by all LFC decision-makers.

‘Concrete talks are ongoing together with his new representatives at Roc Nation Sports activities, though no settlement has been reached but and the golf equipment haven’t entered negotiations. RB Leipzig are eager to regulate his wage and lengthen his contract. PSG, led by Luis Campos, are additionally within the race and have already held a gathering together with his brokers.’

A number of hours later, his Sky Sports activities Germany colleague Philipp Hinze shared (through X): ‘RB Leipzig at the moment are demanding greater than €100m for Yan Diomande. Since qualification for the Champions League may be very practical, Leipzig not have monetary stress to promote.

‘Diomande’s worth is rising. The €20m switch charge paid to Leganés final summer season has, within the membership’s view, greater than quintupled in worth. In the meantime, Leipzig are planning a contract adjustment, together with a wage improve, to maintain Diomande till 2027.

‘Leipzig are preventing to retain the Ivorian for an additional season. However: Diomande shouldn’t be untouchable. Relies on potential gives.’

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Diomande can be a high-quality Salah successor for Liverpool

The duty of changing Salah will probably be a gargantuan one for Liverpool, however there appears an rising conviction on the membership that, in time, Diomande is likely to be able to having a transformative influence at Anfield.

The Ivory Coast worldwide netted his thirteenth aim of the season in Leipzig’s 3-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt final weekend, taking him to 5 targets and two assists in his final 9 Bundesliga outings as he enjoys a wealthy vein of type (Transfermarkt).

The 19-year-old’s underlying efficiency metrics compared to his German top-flight friends (as per Fotmob) mark him out as an all-action winger who likes to tackle opponents one-on-one and has the output to accompany his trickery.

2025/26 Bundesliga
Per 90 minutes
Percentile amongst positional friends

Targets
0.51
ninetieth (prime 10%)

Assists
0.25
76th

Profitable dribbles
4.3
99th

Touches in opposition field
7.03
96th

Possession received in closing third
1.01
93rd

Duels received
6.86
91st

Dribble success
59%
89th

Probabilities created
2.11
83rd

‘Massive probabilities’ created
0.55
83rd

It’s straightforward to see why Liverpool can be eager on signing Diomande, and why his present membership are striving to maintain him and ready to supply him an improved contract, with a possible Champions League qualification rising their scope to take action.

FSG have to recruit a top-shelf alternative for Salah; that’s non-negotiable. If luring Michael Olise from Bayern Munich proves to be unimaginable, then the Anfield hierarchy should go all-out at attempting to land his Leipzig counterpart, who may make the right-winger berth his personal for years to return if this season’s type is extrapolated throughout quite a few campaigns.