Manchester United are one of many golf equipment monitoring RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande.
United will not be 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 highly-rated younger ahead on this window.
There are different huge 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 regarded as monitoring his improvement carefully.
There have been studies Leipzig worth him at £87m (€100m) however Sky Sports activities Information understands that isn’t correct, with the participant’s worth understood to be extra within the area of £52m-£61m (€60m-€70m).
{The teenager} has scored seven objectives 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 so and has two objectives in 5 appearances for his nation.
Evaluation: Diomande is ‘younger jewel’
Sky Sports activities’ Adam Bate:
Chatting with Marcel Schafer alongside numerous different reporters in September, the RB Leipzig managing director for sport held up Diomande for example of a “young jewel” recognized as a part of the membership’s rebuild this season following such a disappointing marketing campaign.
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 definitely fits in the profile we are looking for,” Schafer defined. “Young, hungry and high potential. Even though he was just six months in Spain, he had really some impressive appearances in LaLiga and we looked for these kind of players.”
He added: “We look for players who have a physical ability and we look for players who can handle one on one, who can create chances and who are able to finish some actions. Diomande has certainly demonstrated that in his debut Bundesliga season.”
Diomande’s warmth map and shot map for RB Leipzig within the Bundesliga this 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 in opposition to Freiburg simply earlier than travelling out to Morocco to signify Ivory Coast within the Africa Cup of Nations this winter.
The prospect of dropping 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 major revenue.
“Yan is an outstanding talent, a high-potential profile and we exactly looked for this profile. Yes, it was a certain amount we spent but there were so many clubs in competition to sign him. So we are really happy, really proud to sign a young jewel.”
