Yan Diomande transfer news: Man Utd interested in RB Leipzig forward but face competition from Bayern Munich and PSG | Football News

Manchester United are one of many golf equipment monitoring RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande.

United aren’t sure to pursue one other winger after showing to overlook out on Antoine Semenyo to Manchester Metropolis.

However they could speed up their curiosity in Diomande if different golf equipment begin transferring for the extremely rated younger ahead on this window.

There are different massive golf equipment eager on Diomande, a 19-year-old Ivory Coast worldwide who’s presently on the Africa Cup of Nations with United winger Amad Diallo.

Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-German are additionally considered monitoring his improvement carefully.

There have been stories Leipzig worth him at £87m (€100m) however Sky Sports activities Information understands that’s not correct, with the participant’s worth understood to be extra within the area of £52m-£61m (€60m-€70m).

{The teenager} has scored seven targets and contributed 4 assists in 16 appearances in all competitions for Leipzig this season.

Diomande has began each of Ivory Coast’s matches at AFCON and has two targets in 5 appearances for his nation.

Evaluation: Diomande is ‘younger jewel’

Sky Sports activities’ Adam Bate:

Talking to Marcel Schafer alongside various different reporters in September, the RB Leipzig managing director for sport held up Diomande for example of a “younger jewel” recognized as a part of the membership’s rebuild this season following such a disappointing season.

After eight consecutive European campaigns, Leipzig missed out on continental competitors for the primary time since their ascension to the German high flight and the signing of Diomande from Spanish aspect Leganes mirrored the necessity for a refresh.

“He positively matches within the profile we’re searching for,” Schafer defined. “Younger, hungry and excessive potential. Despite the fact that he was simply six months in Spain, he had actually some spectacular appearances in LaLiga and we seemed for these sort of gamers.”

He added: “We search for gamers who’ve a bodily skill and we search for gamers who can deal with one on one, who can create probabilities and who’re in a position to end some actions. Diomande has actually demonstrated that in his debut Bundesliga season.”

{The teenager} scored on his Leipzig debut within the cup earlier than netting in three consecutive appearances in October and bagging a hat-trick towards Freiburg simply earlier than travelling out to Morocco to symbolize Ivory Coast within the Africa Cup of Nations this winter.

The prospect of shedding Diomande so rapidly wouldn’t have been a part of the plan after they paid €20m to signal him in the summertime however Leipzig are pragmatic about their enterprise mannequin, honing younger expertise and promoting them on for a big revenue.

“Yan is an excellent expertise, a high-potential profile and we precisely seemed for this profile. Sure, it was a certain quantity we spent however there have been so many golf equipment in competitors to signal him. So we’re actually comfortable, actually proud to signal a younger jewel.”