{"id":64087,"date":"2026-08-01T02:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64087\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:05:33","slug":"real-madrid-surprised-by-leipzigs-conduct-in-the-diomande-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64087\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid &#8216;surprised&#8217; by Leipzig&#8217;s conduct in the Diomande deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/real-madrid-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a> looking to seal the deal quickly<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Real Madrid&#8217;s move for Ivorian winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/yan-diomande-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yan Diomande<\/a> has stalled. Leipzig have yet to respond to the Merengues&#8217; latest offer, according to a press report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Florian Plettenberg, journalist at &#8220;Sky Sport Germany&#8221;, says talks have largely been at a standstill over the past 24 hours because of Leipzig&#8217;s silence, and that has caused some surprise inside the Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">&#8220;Why do you ask him about his religion?&#8221;: new controversy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/france-men-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> over Zidane<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Hoeness on Real Madrid rumours: even if the Emperor of China came, we would not negotiate with him<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Barring something dramatic, Leipzig plan to take Diomande on their pre-season training camp in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/austria-men-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austria<\/a>, which begins on Saturday. The player has been told as much. He is still hoping to dodge the trip, though, with the final call set to come this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">If forced to travel, Diomande has no intention of joining full group sessions. His mind is set on Real Madrid. He considers himself outside Leipzig&#8217;s plans and is waiting for the two clubs to strike a deal as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Talks may have stalled in recent hours, but the deal is far from dead. Plettenberg expects a decisive weekend for the player&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83e\udde8 BREAKING | RB Leipzig have not responded to Real Madrid\u2019s latest offer. As a result, negotiations have largely stalled in recent 24 hours, causing some surprise in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>If nothing extraordinary happens, Leipzig\u2019s current plan is for Yan Diomande to fly with the squad to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vKQrqFICVy\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vKQrqFICVy<\/a>\u2014 Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2083307367035203891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid looking to seal the deal quickly Real Madrid&#8217;s move for Ivorian winger Yan Diomande has stalled.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11350,556,2937,85,82,83],"class_list":["post-64087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-austria","tag-france","tag-international-friendlies","tag-laliga","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}