Liverpool step up Diomande pursuit - Friday's gossip

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Liverpool have made contact with RB Leipzig over a move for Yan Diomande, Arsenal face competition from Paris St-Germain for two players, and Cologne winger Said El Mala is not keen on Brentford move. Liverpool have stepped up their pursuit Ivory Coast winger Yan Diomande by making contact with German club RB Leipzig, who are determined not to sell the 19-year-old (Athletic - subscription required), externalParis St-Germain are also interested in Diomande, who has suggested he would prefer a move to the French club.

(Telefoot, via Mirror), externalArsenal face competition from Paris St-Germain in trying to sign French forward Eli Junior Kroupi, 19, from Bournemouth and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 26, from Atletico Madrid. (Independent), externalBrentford have made an offer worth 50m euros (£43m) for Cologne's German winger Said El Mala, 19.

(Bild - in German), external However, El Mala has told Brentford that he does not want to join the Premier League club. (Teamtalk, external)Juventus want at least 30m euros (£26m) for 26-year-old Italian full-back Andrea Cambiaso, who has been linked with Chelsea and Barcelona.