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Full financial details of €140 million Yan Diomande transfer to Real Madrid as breakthrough achieved
Journalist Florian Plettenberg reports that Real Madrid and RB Leipzig are on the verge of completing the transfer of Ivorian winger Yan Diomande, following a major breakthrough in negotiations.
Only the final formalities and paperwork remain before the official contracts are signed off by both clubs, bringing an end to one of the most significant transfer sagas of the summer window.
Financial breakdown of the package
The financial structure of the agreement has been fully established between the two clubs. Real Madrid have agreed to pay a guaranteed fixed transfer fee of €125 million to the Bundesliga side.
Beyond the initial fixed payment, the total package includes several layers of performance-related variables.
🚨⚪️ BREAKTHROUGH! Real Madrid and RB Leipzig are now on the verge of completing the transfer of Yan Diomande.
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) August 5, 2026
EXCL Details | The guaranteed transfer fee is €125 million. With realistic add-ons included, the package is expected to reach €135 million, while the overall deal… pic.twitter.com/9SQawVk90i
With easily achievable bonuses factored in, the total cost of the transfer is expected to quickly reach €135 million.
Meanwhile, the overall deal could ultimately rise to €140 million if all the more difficult-to-achieve bonuses, such as specific individual or team trophies, are met during the player’s contract duration.
Once these variables are triggered, the 19-year-old Ivory Coast international will officially become the most expensive signing in the history of Real Madrid, surpassing the previous record fees paid for Jude Bellingham and Eden Hazard.
Financial windfall for Leganes
The completion of the transfer will also provide a substantial financial benefit to Spanish club Leganes.
Diomande spent the first half of 2025 playing for the Madrid-based club’s reserve team before completing a move to Germany six months later.
As part of the original agreement struck when the forward left Spain for Leipzig, Leganes retained a sell-on clause.
Consequently, the club will receive around 5% of the total transfer profit generated by the Bundesliga club from this sale, giving them a significant economic boost ahead of the new domestic season.
Final steps before presentation
Diomande, who recently recovered from an infection and joined Leipzig’s training camp in Austria to maintain his fitness, is now waiting for the definitive green light to leave the camp.
The player has already agreed to a contract with Real Madrid until June 2030 and has mentally moved on from the German side.
With the club-to-club breakthrough finalized, Diomande could soon travel to Spain to undergo his mandatory medical examinations at the Sanitas clinic before being officially presented to the fans as Real Madrid’s latest acquisition.
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Former Real Madrid Castilla star’s Premier League move collapses, ruins club’s €8.5 million windfall
Real Madrid’s summer has been special so far in terms of academy player sales, and the club has accumulated serious profits not only from direct sales but also in terms of indirect windfalls.
As of earlier this week, Los Blancos were even set to receive yet another such unexpected gift – this time from former academy star Javi Rueda who plays at Celta Vigo.
The youngster, who has dished out good performances in La Liga, was said to have attracted interest from Nottingham Forest and Real Madrid took special interest in the development as they hold 50% of his rights.
Deal off the table
Now, in what comes as a colossal and unexpected blow for Los Blancos, Rueda’s transfer to the Premier League-based side has collapsed as reported by Abraham P Romero.
Talks were in the final stages and an agreement was close to being reached. At the last moment, however, the negotiations were called off and the transfer now appears complicated.
Given that Rueda’s release clause stands at €40 million, there was an initial expectation that Real Madrid would receive €20 million from the transfer.
As confirmed by the Spanish journalist, however, Real Madrid were set to reap close to €8.5 million from the fee negotiated which they will now no longer land. The deal, after all, was close to being completed for a fee of €17 million in the end.
Manager’s words weigh heavily
The reason for the collapse of the transfer is surprisingly not from Nottingham Forest’s end but from Celta Vigo’s end. Claudio Giraldez, Celta’s manager, spoke on Rueda earlier this week and his words are said to have transformed the situation.
“I don’t have the final decision about things, but if that decision were to be made, obviously it’s a decision that I don’t agree with. In the figures that are more or less talked about, it seems to me a bad sale. That’s why I trust it won’t happen,” he said via El Desmarque.
“He is an important player for us. We want him here, I trust he will be here, that we will not sell him. That’s why he enters the call and one more for tomorrow’s game. I hope the market ends with him here,” he added, when asked about Rueda’s future.
Needless to say, the manager’s words reached the administration who seem to have pulled the plug on the sale now.
