Diomande Ready to Leave RB Leipzig Amid World Cup Focus

In the middle of a World Cup he calls his “dream,” one of RB Leipzig’s brightest young talents has calmly confirmed what Europe’s biggest clubs already suspected: he is ready to move.

The Ivorian defender, long watched by scouts from the continent’s elite, did not dodge the question when pressed on his future. He embraced it.

“I expect to leave, of course,” he told reporters, stripping away any ambiguity around his next step. Negotiations, he stressed, belong to his camp. “I have an agent, he's going to manage the rest. But for me, the most important thing right now is the focus on the World Cup with my country."

That theme – country before everything – ran through every word. “First of all I think, like I said, my dream is playing for my country, and to make history with my country,” he said, making it clear that transfer talk sits firmly in the background while the tournament is on.

He has even cut off the usual noise. No scrolling, no speculation.

"I don't have Instagram anymore. I don't have TikTok as well, so I can't see anything!" he added, a rare admission in an era where players live under a constant social-media spotlight. The message is simple: let the rumours swirl elsewhere, he has tackles to win and a flag to defend.

Yet his past still tugs at the story of his future. Diomande has never hidden his affection for Paris Saint-Germain, the club that coloured his childhood.

"Paris Saint-Germain is a team I've loved since I was little. I think my father was a PSG supporter. It's a team I admire as a football fan," he previously told French media, a line that will not have gone unnoticed in Paris.

So the picture is clear. A rising Ivorian star, a likely departure from Leipzig, an agent handling the scramble, and a boyhood admiration for PSG lingering in the background.

For now, though, his gaze is fixed on the World Cup stage, where every interception and every performance will only sharpen the scramble for his signature.