Wow: Sky Sports journalist says Liverpool's "top target" to replace Mo Salah has emerged

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RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande is seen as Liverpool’s “top target” to be Mohamed Salah’s successor this summer, according to a big new update. While he isn’t the force he used to be, his overall presence at Liverpool cannot be downplayed, in terms of the standards he sets both on and off the pitch.

Diomande has been linked with a move to the Reds plenty of times in recent months, having emerged as one of the most exciting young attacking players in Europe this season. Taking to X on Monday, Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg said that Diomande is now the leading choice to replace Salah at Liverpool at the end of the season: “Yan Diomande is now Liverpool’s top target to replace Mo Salah, with the move approved by all LFC decision-makers.

PSG, led by Luis Campos, are also in the race and have already held a meeting with his agents.” Yan Diomande a special talent, but patience required Seeing Diomande chosen as Salah’s successor would be exciting, considering what a special talent he is, having bagged 18 goal contributions in the Bundesliga this season (12 goals and six assists) at the age of just 19. He has accumulated over 30,000 followers on Twitter/X.