😷 Signed off sick for Real move? Superstar set to seal the deal! | OneFootball

The transfer saga surrounding Yan Diomande is getting crazier and crazier – and that’s not solely down to the beef transfer gurus Florian Plettenberg and Fabrizio Romano got into over him on ‘X’ a few days ago.

By now, it’s becoming pretty clear that the RB Leipzig breakout star is headed for Real Madrid. He has already reached an agreement with Los Blancos. But because the Saxons want to pocket more than €100 million in transfer fees, the two clubs have yet to strike a deal. 

The catch: RB are leaving for their training camp in Austria this Saturday afternoon. Real, meanwhile, want to prevent Diomande from joining that trip and are therefore hoping to get clarity before then. 

A first step has now been taken. Leipzig themselves announced that the teenager will miss the friendly against SC Verl scheduled before departure for the training camp due to an “infection.” According to Plettenberg, however, it was already clear beforehand that Diomande would not take part in the test match.

What is new, then, is that the Ivorian reportedly called in sick this morning. That would appear to rule out his participation in the training camp as well.

So the only question now is whether and when Leipzig and Madrid can agree on a transfer. Maybe it will happen in the next few hours...

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