Real Madrid have already had a first offer for Yan Diomande knocked back, with ONE reporting that an opening bid of around €100 million for the RB Leipzig winger failed to move the Bundesliga club, who are holding out for considerably more.
The 19-year-old Ivorian has become one of the most fought-over properties in Europe this summer, and Madrid's approach is only the most prominent of several. Spanish and German outlets, including Bild, AS and Sport, have reported that Leipzig are demanding somewhere between €120 million and €130 million before they will even consider letting him go.
Real Madrid are not alone in being turned down. Liverpool had a bid of close to €100 million rejected earlier in the process and remain interested, though reports in England suggest the Premier League club are reluctant to go much higher. Paris Saint-Germain have also been tracking Diomande for months, with several reports claiming the French champions are his preferred destination and have already made progress on personal terms.
Diomande's rise has been rapid. Born in Abidjan, he made his name at Spanish second-tier club Leganés — becoming the club's youngest-ever La Liga scorer — before Leipzig paid around €20 million for him last summer. He repaid that outlay almost immediately, scoring a hat-trick against Eintracht Frankfurt in December to become one of the youngest players in Bundesliga history to do so, and finishing the campaign as one of the league's standout attacking talents.
His stock has risen further this summer after a prominent role for Ivory Coast at the 2026 World Cup, where his performances against the likes of Germany and Ecuador have added to the sense among Europe's biggest clubs that he is worth chasing now rather than waiting.
Leipzig, for their part, are publicly resisting the pressure. Sporting director Marcel Schäfer has said the club's intention is for Diomande to remain and play for them again next season, and Leipzig have also been trying to persuade him to sign a new contract rather than push for an exit.
None of the fee figures being reported — Madrid's opening €100 million, Leipzig's €120–130 million valuation, or suggestions of a possible compromise around €120 million — represent an agreed transfer. Nothing has been signed, and Leipzig have shown no sign of softening their asking price so far this window.
With Liverpool, PSG and now Real Madrid all circling, and Leipzig digging in, Diomande's situation looks set to be one of the more closely watched transfer sagas of the European summer.
