07 Aug 2026 14:52:41
Interesting that while many reported we had already agreed terms with Diomande. He's telling people that he rejected us on the grounds that he didn't feel we would be compeitive and would be in transition.
PSG would never meet his salary demands (or the transfer fee) and so he and his team pivoted to Jose's interest in Madrid and he was then signed in contradiction to what Perez advised.
It seems like Diomande may well have been a dodged bullet as he seems to want to ride the train rather than help run it.
07 Aug 2026 16:08:42
Agreed, Nevada, if he did actually say he thought we wouldn't be competitive, I can't wait for Leoni aka YLFP to crunch into him when Real visit Anfield in the Quarter finals of the CL and ultimately lose 8-0.
Sadly for Mourinho, he also gets the sack that night and Vini Junior cries into a small napkin.
07 Aug 2026 16:09:14
The man is a flake. We dodged an absolute bullet with this guy. He chose the right club. He'll fit right in there.
07 Aug 2026 16:11:38
I agree, mate. Now they've got 2 players with Roc Nation agency... Good luck to em. ?
07 Aug 2026 16:12:39
Say what he wants, he's s****, made up we never got him, he'll end up another Pogba.
07 Aug 2026 16:16:23
Wouldn't believe a word this tit says. Changes from hour to hour depending on how it fits with his ever changing plans.
Hope he spends most of his time on the bench.
07 Aug 2026 16:28:39
Real Madrid at this stage of his career is a huge risk. The expectations there are incredibly high, even more now since they didn't win any major trophies for couple of years now, and the fans can quickly turn against a player after just a few poor games. I think this is a bad decision by him and his agents.
07 Aug 2026 16:36:34
Spot on Davey.
07 Aug 2026 16:44:25
He's a kid getting millions of euros thrown at him.
I'm not going to judge him, he might well live up to the hype, but he's not a 'Liverpool' type signing.
07 Aug 2026 16:49:35
I'm really delighted that we didn't get him. That young chap is listening to the wrong people unfortunately.
07 Aug 2026 16:58:51
Phew!!
Let's hope we move quickly and close out some deals, or we will be starting the season light.
07 Aug 2026 17:13:25
Bad mentality that. You want players with the balls to drag a team to the big trophies, like Kvaratskhelia did with PSG.
07 Aug 2026 17:16:41
Diomande is not a good player and that's a hill I'm willing to die on. His dribbling stats being so high is more a damning indictment of how bad Bundesliga defenders are than anything. This is the same league that made Timo Werner look like Mbappe.
I've seen nothing impressive from him. He looks cumbersome, clumsy, and rarely seems to know what he's doing with the ball in advance.
There is a natural unpredictability to his play that comes from the fact he hasn't gone down the traditional academy route. That will come in useful for a few more months, until he gets found out. The lad will be a dud.
07 Aug 2026 17:25:07
Skezza, lol. What a post. How small is this napkin? I am trying to visualise.
07 Aug 2026 17:44:36
He's undoubtedly a good player, you can't possibly hit 20+ goal contributions in a top 5 league without being good. But to do it in the Prem for Liverpool or over in Spain for Real, on a regular basis, when the pressures on, while you're being expected to increase those numbers to 25/30+ a season, you have to push yourself way beyond good. We've seen many a good, very good and even excellent player flop when brought in to the top, top tier of football. I think Diomande will fall into that category. Mourinho at Real.
I can hardly think of a worse combination for a young marquee signing who underperforms 'out-of-the-box'. Especially one who seems to have a weak mentality/character.
He would have been much better off with us, we're far more supportive of young players who need to develop and hone their skill set, but I have zero interest in a man who can't keep his story straight. Delighted he's been cast to the lions, he'll be back to the Bundesliga or on to Ligue 1 in 2 years, and I'm not talking about PSG or Bayern.
07 Aug 2026 17:50:13
I'm always sceptical about signing players from the Bundesliga. I think I'm scarred for life after Naby Keita ripped that league up and we went big on him only to be so, so disappointed in the player we actually got.
Werner, Havertz in recent times have been hugely underwhelming after being the best player in Germany.
I was one of the few to voice concerns about signing Wirtz, and although I can see he clearly has talent and I'm praying he comes good, he has been underwhelming so far.
I would've welcomed Diomande but not signing him doesn't bother me either. We'll let Madrid take on that risk.
07 Aug 2026 18:02:12
I doubt a 19 year old is going to be concerned about our club's transition. Those types of comments come from players that are in or entering their peak years.
Besides, Real Madrid haven't won a trophy for two seasons, have players fighting each other and had to call an outdated Mourinho in to establish some order.
07 Aug 2026 18:05:10
Had three of the biggest clubs on the planet after him. He's a good player. Would have been what we needed on the right.