Yan Diomande transfer news: Liverpool sign Victor Munoz and move on to RB Leipzig winger | Football News

Liverpool have expressed a willingness to pay £86m for RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande after signing Osasuna winger Victor Munoz for £34.5m.

In a surprise move, Liverpool swooped in to secure Munoz’s signing when Newcastle had a deal agreed for the Spain international’s transfer and have acted swiftly to position themselves in the hotly contested race for Diomande.

However, Leipzig would want significantly more than the figure Liverpool have indicated they are ready to pay for their 19-year-old superstar, according to Sky in Germany.

Liverpool’s move for Munoz was never going to end the interest in Diomande, their top winger target this summer, as the plan is to make multiple signings to replace the departing Mohamed Salah.

Munoz, who has signed a six-year deal at Anfield, is a versatile, pacey winger who predominantly plays on the left but can also be used on the right and through the middle.

Liverpool’s interest in the winger, currently at the World Cup with Spain, accelerated following the appointment of Andoni Iraola, who knows the player well from his extensive knowledge of LaLiga. Munoz undertook a medical in the US with Liverpool’s medical staff.

Munoz’s fee, which is to be paid in two instalments, will be far less than the eventual price Diomande goes for, but it remains to be seen which club he will sign for, with Paris Saint-Germain just one of a number of top clubs chasing him this summer.

Leipzig would like to keep Diomande for another season and offer him a new contract with a rise on his current wages of around £33,000 per week. They signed him from Leganes for £17.3m last summer.

The £86m fee Liverpool are ready to pay at this stage would dwarf the Premier League’s record transfer for a teenager, surpassing the £58.9m Manchester United agreed to sign Leny Yoro from Lille for in the summer of 2024.

Diomande interview: World Cup, Leipzig & trials at Palace

“Everything went fast,” says Yan Diomande. Indeed, it is extraordinary now to think that this time last year Diomande’s entire senior career amounted to half a dozen starts for Leganes at the back end of last season as they were relegated from LaLiga.

He scored in two of those six games, against Espanyol and Valladolid. Even his team did not find the net in the other four. But the teenager did enough to persuade RB Leipzig to part with €20m to bring him to the Bundesliga. Once there, he has been a revelation.

Thrilling to watch and impossible to defend, Diomande is lightning, full of unpredictable enterprise. He has the things that cannot be coached and by listening to the things that can he is getting better. The very biggest clubs want him. The rest cannot afford him.

Read Adam Bate’s full interview with Diomande here…

How Liverpool beat Newcastle to Munoz

Latest from Sky Sports News’ Keith Downie:

Newcastle thought they had a deal for Victor Munoz before Liverpool swooped in to sign the Osasuna winger.

Newcastle had a £33.3m fee – an initial £29m plus £4.3m in add-ons – accepted by the LaLiga club.

The 22-year-old had agreed personal terms and told Newcastle that he wanted to come, while agent fees were also agreed.

Newcastle had the wheels in motion for a medical over in the US and felt they had a deal in place.

But they were instructed by the player’s representatives to wait over the last 24 hours.

Liverpool had always been at the table for the Spain international, so they did not come in at the last minute, but Newcastle had been told the player wanted to sign for them.

Newcastle are now licking their wounds inflicted by Liverpool again after what happened with Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike last summer, and are trying to get to the bottom of what happened in the last 24 hours.

How do Liverpool see Munoz fitting in?

Liverpool wanted to add more flexibility to their forward line this summer and Munoz fits that bill. He has primarily been used off the left but can play on both wings and also has the capacity to play through the middle.

As well as being a multi-functional attacker, Munoz is a direct winger who will add pace to Liverpool’s attack which was another priority for the summer window.

Munoz’s versatility will provide Iraola with more options and gives Liverpool a greater ability to cope when injuries hit as they did last season as well as enhancing competition for places.

His ability to play in numerous positions is also seen as a positive inside Liverpool because he is unlikely to limit Rio Ngumoha’s first-team opportunities.

Munoz was on the books of Barcelona and Real Madrid as a youth player. Carlo Ancelotti gave the winger his LaLiga debut in May 2025 for Madrid, introducing him as a substitute for Vinicius Junior against Barca.

Munoz signed a five-year deal at Osasuna that summer and played 34 league games last season, scoring six goals and providing two assists.

What does this mean for Chiesa?

Federico Chiesa’s future was always uncertain heading into the summer window after his opportunities were limited under former head coach Arne Slot.

Iraola wants to give everyone a clean slate and there is a feeling inside Liverpool that the Italy winger is more suited to the Spaniard’s style of football than Slot’s.

However, the arrival of Munoz combined with the likelihood of another signing in Chiesa’s position complicates his chances of playing a bigger role under Iraola after Slot handed him just one Premier League start last season.

The 28-year-old, who has two years left on his deal, has interest from Italy and wants to be a first-team regular. As it stands, it appears that might prove to be tough at Anfield.