The incredible XI sold by RB Leipzig
Yan Diomande is set to become RB Leipzig’s next big sale with Real Madrid now closing in on the 19-year-old winger.
Over the past few years, Leipzig have sold countless world-class players who’ve gone on to thrive elsewhere.
We’ve compiled an amazing XI of players that RB Leipzig have sold over the past few years.
GK: Josep Martinez
After making just four senior appearances for Leipzig, the club sold Martinez to Genoa in 2023, following a successful loan spell in Italy.
The goalkeeper impressed at his new club and earned himself a move to Inter Milan in 2024, where he still plays today.
RB: Nordi Mukiele
Following a successful four-year spell in Germany, PSG purchased Mukiele in 2022 for a fee of around £13million.
Predominantly playing as a backup to Achraf Hakimi, the full-back has won five trophies while playing in France.
However, he wasn’t part of PSG’s Champions League-winning squad as he spent the 2024-25 campaign out on loan with Bayer Leverkusen.
Muikele was snapped up by Sunderland last summer and performed well as the newly-promoted club finished seventh.
CB: Dayot Upamecano
Bayern Munich have a track record for sweeping up the brightest Bundesliga talents from their direct rivals and they did that with Upamecano back in 2021.
While injuries have hampered his game time in recent seasons, he’s established himself as a consistent performer under Vincent Kompany of late, when fully fit.
Upamecano was also an important part of the France XI that reached the World Cup semi-finals.
CB: Ibrahima Konate
Since leaving RB Leipzig in 2021, Konate has developed into one of the best centre-backs in the world.
While his partner, Virgil van Dijk, gets most of the credit, the Frenchman has been an absolute brick wall for Liverpool over the past few years.
Konate has now joined Real Madrid following the expiry of his Liverpool contract. Madrid have only gone and done it again.
LB: Josko Gvardiol
Upon joining Man City in 2023 for £77million, Gvardiol became the second most expensive defender of all time.
Leipzig fans were well aware of his talent for quite some time, but he shot to stardom during the 2022 World Cup when starring for Croatia.
He’s proven to be a good signing for City, establishing himself as their starting left-back over the past three seasons.
CM: Naby Keita
In 2018, Liverpool triggered Keita’s release clause, worth a reported £52.75million.
While the Guinea international was oozing with technical ability, his injury record halted him from reaching the heights that he was capable of.
During a five-year spell with Liverpool, he only made 84 league appearances and had several prolonged spells on the sidelines.
Now aged 31, he’s now on the books at Hungarian giants Ferencvaros.
CM: Dani Olmo
After starring for Spain at Euro 2024, Barcelona couldn’t resist swooping in for the Spanish midfielder.
The Spanish giants signed him for a fee of around £52million and handed him a lucrative six-year contract.
Olmo starred for Spain at the World Cup, playing a crucial role in his team’s triumph, and cemented his reputation as one of Europe’s most underrated players.
CM: Dominik Szoboszlai
At the time of his sale, Szoboszlai became Leipzig’s biggest ever sale, joining Liverpool for a fee of around £60million.
The Hungarian attacking midfielder has shown flashes of quality since moving to England.
At his best, he’s capable of being one of the best players in the Premier League and was Liverpool’s star man last season.
RW: Matheus Cunha
As Diomande’s transfer hasn’t yet gone through, we’ve stuck Cunha on the right-hand side of our XI.
Leipzig fans only got to see the Brazilian for 18 months before the club flipped him for a quick profit and sold him to Hertha BSC.
Since then, he’s had stints with Atletico Madrid, Wolves and now Manchester United. Throughout his career so far, Cunha has racked up £167million in transfer fees alone.
LW: Ademola Lookman
The Nigerian international was never given much of a chance in Germany as he only made 13 appearances after joining the club permanently in 2019.
However, Leipzig’s loss was Atalanta’s gain. The 28-year-old developed into one of the most prolific attackers in Italy before joining Atletico Madrid.
ST: Benjamin Sesko
Sesko has certainly shown promise, but he is perhaps quite not where United hoped he would be one year after he was signed from a Champions League club for an initial £65million.
Sesko scored 21 times for RB Leipzig in all competitions in 2024-25, including four strikes in the Champions League, but for United he only got 11 goals in the league.
Still, there is time to kick on and we’d be surprised if the Slovenian wasn’t prolific in the Champions League.
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