Diomande Now Reportedly On Iraola's Shortlist As Well As Liverpool

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As the Anfield faithful will know, our board has now pivoted to former AFC Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola and the 43 year old Spanish gaffer is now using what remains of his off season break to make the adjustment to life in the biggest role that he has yet had. The impressive, highly rated, young RB Leipzig winger comes off the back of a great season for his club, and his the 19 year old has seen his stock significantly on the rise in the past 12 months as his debut German Bundesliga campaign has also seen international recognition for his country, Ivory Coast.

He has again been in the news this week with a very solid showing in their World Cup group stage victory over Ecuador on Monday. In his campaign last season, his performances now see him build on 13 goals and ten assists in 36 appearances across all competitions, so although he already had plenty of potential suitors this summer, the interest is only going to increase depending on what kind of tournament he ultimately has.

For those fans with longer memories, Diomande has been a pretty regular link to the club and there were claims we were in discussions with his representatives as far back as December last year. So whilst the only real update here is that on top of now opening tentative talks with his club directly, and that Iraola has apparently more than given his thumbs up to getting this deal over the line, it would certainly make for a statement first signing - should we in fact follow through and manage to get him in first.