{"id":924166,"date":"2026-08-02T01:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/diomandes-absence-in-leipzig-friendly-due-to-illness-says-demichelis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:12:16","slug":"diomandes-absence-in-leipzig-friendly-due-to-illness-says-demichelis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/diomandes-absence-in-leipzig-friendly-due-to-illness-says-demichelis\/","title":{"rendered":"Diomande\u2019s absence in Leipzig friendly due to illness, says Demichelis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Martin Demichelis revealed illness ruled in-demand Yan Diomande out of RB Leipzig’s pre-season friendly against SC Verl on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Diomande has been the subject of interest for several top teams across Europe, with Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool linked with a move for the Leipzig forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, recent developments have suggested\u00a0that the 19-year-old now favours a move to the Spanish capital, though Madrid have seen a reported\u00a0\u20ac100m rejected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But an agreement with the\u00a0LaLiga giants appears set to be edging closer after Diomande was absent for Leipzig’s 4-0 win over third-tier\u00a0Verl during their pre-season tour of Austria.<\/p>\n

Demichelis said last month that\u00a0“in football, anything can happen” when asked about Diomande’s future, but cleared up the reasoning for the Ivory Coast international’s absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I know it’s a big topic. Yan is genuinely ill,” Demichelis said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We’ll see [if he comes with us when we leave for our pre-season tour later today].<\/p>\n

“I haven’t spoken with the doctor yet. If he’s healthy, he has to come with us. If he’s ill, then he’s ill.”<\/p>\n

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Interest in Diomande has come following a sensational individual campaign in 2025-26, where he registered 13 goals and nine assists in 36 appearances across\u00a0all competitions.<\/p>\n

He also completed 118 dribbles in the Bundesliga last season, at least 50 more than any other player, along with a division-high tally of take-on ending carries (104).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Diomande’s 20 Bundesliga goal involvements (12 goals, eight assists)\u00a0ranked sixth in the competition last term, and he carried on that form at this summer’s World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The teenager\u00a0became only the second African player on record (from 1966) to complete 10+ dribbles (10) and create 10+ chances (10) in a single World Cup group stage, after South Africa’s Quinton Fortune in 2002.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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