"Not this year" – Leipzig chief Schäfer plays down Diomande exit after rumoured PSG talks

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·29 June 2026

"Not this year" – Leipzig chief Schäfer plays down Diomande exit after rumoured PSG talks

RB Leipzig remain very clear in their stance despite PSG’s efforts to sign Yan Diomande, which the French media reported on earlier.

The Saxony club want to keep Diomande beyond this summer, as managing director Marcel Schäfer confirmed.

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"Our clear intention is for Yan Diomande to play for RB Leipzig next season. And we’re not going to deviate from that. We know exactly what we have in him.

"Of course, if Yan continues to develop the way he has, the time will come when we’ll allow him to take the next step - but not this year,“ Schäfer told BILD.

Leipzig still want to extend Yan Diomande’s contract, including a salary increase. At the moment, Schäfer is relaxed about the situation:

“If we don’t find a solution, then we don’t find one - but he still has a four-year contract. So let me emphasize this once again: Yan Diomande will remain a Leipzig player.”