Actual Madrid have signed Ivory Coast worldwide Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig for a charge value as much as £120m (140m euros).
The 19-year-old winger has signed a seven-year contract and his price ticket might surpass the £115m (133.9m euros) Actual agreed to pay Borussia Dortmund for Jude Bellingham in June 2023.
Paris St-Germain had been frontrunners for {the teenager} however the Champions League winners pulled out of a possible transfer on Sunday after a £102.5m bid was rejected.
Diomande was beforehand a goal for Liverpool, who had an preliminary bid of £69m rejected in June, as they seek for a Mohamed Salah alternative, who has left the membership.
Diomande is Actual’s sixth summer time signing below new head coach Jose Mourinho, becoming a member of Bernardo Silva, Ibrahima Konate, Denzel Dumfries, Marc Cucurella and Carlos Espi.
In a press release, {the teenager} thanked Leipzig followers for his or her “unbelievable help”, and stated: “Who is aware of? Possibly we’ll meet once more sooner or later within the Champions League.”
However he stated the transfer to Madrid “is a childhood dream come true”, including: “I’m all of the extra grateful to the administration at RB Leipzig for making this transfer potential regardless of my present contract.”
He was named the Bundesliga’s Younger Participant of the Season for 2025-26, having scored 12 targets and registered eight assists within the competitors.
He appeared in all 4 of Ivory Coast’s World Cup video games as they had been eradicated within the spherical of 32 by Norway.
Diomande moved from his native Ivory Coast to an academy in the US earlier than becoming a member of Spanish facet Leganes in 2025 after which Leipzig later that 12 months.
