Real Madrid-bound winger rejected PSG swap move; only wanted Bernabeu switch – Romano | OneFootball

Real Madrid have been in negotiations with RB Leipzig to try to sign talented teenage winger Yan Diomande.

Los Blancos are ready to agree to a package of close to €130 million to bring Diomande to the Santiago Bernabeu.

The Spanish club intensified talks with the Bundesliga club yesterday in a bid to try to bring him to Jose Mourinho’s training camp as soon as possible, and a breakthrough has been achieved, with the transfer expected to be completed this week.

For much of the summer, Ligue 1 giants PSG were front-runners to sign Diomande, but Real Madrid leapfrogged them to get ahead in the race.

PSG explored swap deal with Leipzig

Now, Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has revealed that PSG and RB Leipzig had held discussions over a potential swap deal involving Diomande and Ibrahim Mbaye.

The proposal would have seen the two highly rated prospects move in opposite directions, potentially giving Leipzig an immediate replacement while allowing PSG to land one of Europe’s brightest young talents.

However, the deal fell through.

PSG tried hard to sign Diomande. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Diomande wanted only Real Madrid

Romano suggested that the negotiations ultimately collapsed because Diomande had already made up his mind about his next destination.

This understandably left PSG disappointed, with the French club even coming out with a public statement saying the figures of the deal did not make sense.

It was a classic case of sour grapes for the French club, who even hit out at Real Madrid in that statement for the way they do business.

There is no love lost between PSG and Real Madrid, and this Diomande saga certainly did not help ease relations.

Real Madrid get their man

After weeks of negotiations, Real Madrid have finally achieved a breakthrough in their negotiations with RB Leipzig.

Arrival imminent. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

The player’s commitment very clearly seems to be to wear the club’s white this upcoming season and, more often than not, that helps force a move.

It now seems only a matter of time before the transfer is announced.

The €130 million+ price tag will mean that Diomande will join Real Madrid this summer with massive pressure on him, but the club should be careful not to let it affect him.

Los Blancos will be signing one of the most talented wingers in football at the moment and, if they handle him carefully, he could be the next superstar to enthral the Bernabeu crowd for the next decade.