Yan Diomandé hands cash to Ivory Coast fans in viral video
Footage from Ivory Coast's training camp shows the Real Madrid winger handing banknotes directly to fans standing behind a barrier.
Real Madrid winger Yan Diomandé has become one of the social media talking points of the international break. A video captured by Le Media 100Filtre shows him walking up to a group of Ivory Coast supporters waiting behind a fence and handing them banknotes directly, while he was with the national team.
According to La Vanguardia, the total amount he gave away has not been disclosed, but online the gesture has been read as generosity toward people with fewer resources. The contrast with his own rise is striking: from about 750,000 euros gross a year at Leipzig to roughly 10.4 million per season at Real Madrid, according to Capology estimates.
At just 19, he is tied to the club until June 2033.
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