Football Muse has profiled four big talents who could move for big money.
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Yan Diomande
Yan Diomande is a name on many lips right now after an electric season at RB Leipzig. Signed from Leganés last summer, following the Spanish team’s relegation, Diomande’s value has skyrocketed in Germany.
The Ivorian has scored 10 league goals and created six more, in just 1,880 minutes of Bundesliga action. The underlying data points to potentially elite talent. Diomande, in short, stands out in several areas.
He averages more successful dribbles per game than any other Bundesliga player and ranks in the top 10% of wingers in major European leagues in chances created, non-penalty goals, progressive carries and assists per 90.
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At just 19 years old and in his first full season in a top-five league, Diomande has exploded. Leipzig will not accept offers less than 100 million euros.
Luka Vuskovic
Although he is technically a Tottenham Hotspur player, the Bundesliga has been the backdrop for Luka Vuskovic’s breakthrough.
The Croatian centre-back has been excellent for Hamburg, leading the league in duels won and impressing with his mature defensive performances. He has had a real presence in both teams, scoring five goals in the Bundesliga to add to the seven scored on loan at Westerlo in Belgium last season.
Vuskovic has won the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month award four times this season and has been dominant in his defensive duels. In hindsight he’s wonderful, but Spurs arguably made a mistake by loaning him out last summer.
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Bayern Munich and Barcelona have been linked with the possibility of testing Tottenham’s determination to keep him.
Christian Kofame
Christian Kofane’s agent has revealed that Arsenal are interested in the teenage striker, who has caught the attention of clubs Bayer Leverkusen. Signed for a bargain €5m last summer, there has been timid talk that the Cameroonian could fetch a fee in excess of 10 times that investment.
The 19-year-old has scored seven goals for Leverkusen this season and has made an instant impact at international level, with two goals in six international appearances for Cameroon.
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Said El Mala’s rise has been notable, with the winger jumping from the third division to the Bundesliga with ease this season. The teenager impressed last season on loan at Viktoria Köln before finishing the European Under-19 Championship as top scorer this summer.
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Colonia offered Mala an opportunity this season and how he took advantage of it. A figure of 10 goals and three assists in the Bundesliga is impressive enough, but when El Mala’s playing time is taken into account, it makes even better reading.
The German under-21 international, of Lebanese descent, has averaged a goal or assist every 106 minutes. A completely exciting watch, El Mala will be available for around €40 million this summer. Premier League clubs are lining up.