{"id":1361,"date":"2026-04-09T16:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:07:43","slug":"arsenal-have-the-edge-over-liverpool-for-winger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1361","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal have the edge over Liverpool for winger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footiecentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arsenal-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"arsenal fc\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footiecentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arsenal-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footiecentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arsenal-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footiecentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arsenal.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal are one of the clubs who have been linked with RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande, who is considering his future with the Bundesliga side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whilst the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2026\/04\/06\/arsenal-yan-diomande-transfer\/?_gl=1*zxdsfw*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTYyMDE4MDAwOC4xNzc1NDg0NTI5*_ga_XGVVVHJ9FP*czE3NzU0ODQ1MjgkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzU0ODQ1MzIkajU2JGwwJGgw\">Ivory Coast international<\/a> <\/strong>is mulling over agreeing to a new contract with the German club, if he decides to move on Arsenal are considered to have the edge over Liverpool in the race for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>That is because Champions League football is a priority for Diomande, and whilst Arsenal are guaranteed to be in it next season, Liverpool\u2019s hopes of participating in it again remain in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>Although they are currently fifth \u2013 which would be good enough \u2013 they are in a race for that spot along with Chelsea, and even their Merseyside rivals Everton could yet overtake them.<\/p>\n<p>Still just 19, Diomande will not come cheap because his reputation and value are rising all the time. Leipzig are confident they can command a fee of upwards of \u00a385 million for him.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are one of the clubs who have been linked with RB Leipzig winger Yan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}