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Meet teen superstar Yan Diomandé, the most expensive African soccer player in history

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Meet teen superstar Yan Diomandé, the most expensive African soccer player in history
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Yan Diomandé, a 19-year-old attacker from the Ivory Coast, has signed with Real Madrid on a reported seven-year deal worth $144.3 million, beginning his debut season against Espanyol on Saturday. The fee would make him the most expensive African player in history and among the biggest transfers in soccer. Diomandé’s path is tied to a move from Abidjan, where he grew up playing on dirt pitches, to the DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida at age 15 after youth national-team attention. The article describes both the opportunity and the risks facing young stars, including how complicated partnerships helped bring him to the U.S. while agents and teams circled.

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