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‘Baby Doku’ ‘Who’s This Guy Again?’ Fans React To Claims That Liverpool Are In “Very Advanced” Talks With Ivorian Ace

David Tully Dec 3rd 2025

Liverpool and Tottenham have both had “very advanced” discussions with the entourage of RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande, according to reports in Switzerland.

Sky Sports Switzerland claim in an exclusive that the two Premier League teams are in pole position to sign the Ivorian international.

Diomande has only played professionally for a brief period of time, having made his senior debut for Leganes last March, and fans on X are split on whether he is ready for a move to Anfield:

It has been a meteoric rise for Diomande

As mentioned, the 19-year-old has very limited experience of senior football. After moving to Spain last January, he made 10 appearances in the second half of last season.

Leipzig paid €20m to bring Diomande to Germany at the start of this campaign, and he has gone on to play 14 games, scoring 4 goals and contributing 4 assists.

At international level, the forward received his first cap for Ivory Coast against Seychelles in October. He scored on his debut and in his subsequent appearance versus Kenya.

Liverpool are expected to make a move for another winger


While it appears as if the Reds are big fans of Diomande, sporting director Richard Hughes has been tipped to table a bid for Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo instead.

The Ghanaian has a release clause in his contract worth £65m that can be triggered in the first two weeks of the January transfer window.

Read more about the Liverpool First Team Squad for 2025/26 here

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for the Football News Network.

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