‘Asap’ – Done deal for Liverpool target looks imminent after Fabrizio Romano confirmation

PSG have officially hijacked Liverpool‘s move for Yan Diomande this summer.

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Fabrizio Romano now reports on X (formerly Twitter) that the Ligue 1 champions are in direct talks with RB Leipzig to get a deal over the line for the Ivory Coast star.

The 19-year-old enjoyed an exceptional 2025/26 campaign with the Bundesliga outfit, racking up 23 goal contributions (13 goals and 10 assists) in 36 games (across all competitions).

Romano’s report indicates that Leipzig seem more than willing to enter talks with PSG.

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Even more frustratingly for Richard Hughes and Co., it seems that the Champions League holders will benefit from the superb relationship between ex-Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

It doesn’t feel like it at the moment, but the reality is that Liverpool now have a chance to spend £100m wisely with Diomande out of the picture.

To be clear, we still think this would have been wisely spent on a player of the Ivorian’s evident qualities, given Mo Salah‘s exit this summer.

But we strongly suspect there will be few other (realistic) options on the market who could seriously command such a fee in our eyes.

In that case, there’s surely an opportunity here for Liverpool to grant new boss Andoni Iraola both quality and numbers in his forward line.

We’d certainly be very disappointed to see the club call it quits on spending on the forward line – as it was previously suggested Liverpool could after signing Yan Diomande – and commit to four wingers.

Time for us to showcase our ability to find unexpected value in the market, as we previously did when signing the likes of Salah and Sadio Mane during the Jurgen Klopp years.

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