{"id":437547,"date":"2011-06-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/07\/i-will-only-leave-real-madrid-for-an-english-club-liverpool-and-manchester-united-target-lassana-diarra\/"},"modified":"2011-06-07T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T16:00:00","slug":"i-will-only-leave-real-madrid-for-an-english-club-liverpool-and-manchester-united-target-lassana-diarra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/i-will-only-leave-real-madrid-for-an-english-club-liverpool-and-manchester-united-target-lassana-diarra\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I will only leave Real Madrid for an English club&#8217; &#8211; Liverpool and Manchester United target Lassana Diarra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Shane Farrington<\/h3>\n<h4>7 Jun 2011 17:00:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"59.0101694915\">\n<div readability=\"14.6347826087\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"La Liga,Lass Diarra,Real Madrid vs Sevilla(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/122400\/122404_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>La Liga,Lass Diarra,Real Madrid vs Sevilla(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"21.3284493284\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/11220\/lassana-diarra\">Lassana Diarra<\/a> has confirmed he would only leave the Spanish giants for a return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The French international has been linked with a move back to England with Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham reported to be interested in the former Portsmouth man and he has refused to rule out a move.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cIf I have to leave Madrid then it is only for the Premier League,&#8221; he told <em>skysports.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved my time there, specially my last year at Portsmouth before Madrid, as I won the FA Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old joined Real Madrid in 2009 but has struggled to establish himself in their starting line-up.<\/p>\n<p>However he admits leaving would be a step down as he feels his already at the biggest club on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I am at Real Madrid, the greatest club in the world,&#8221; he added.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/07\/2521826\/i-will-only-leave-real-madrid-for-an-english-club-liverpool\" title=\"'I will only leave Real Madrid for an English club' - Liverpool and Manchester United target Lassana Diarra\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;I will only leave Real Madrid for an English club&#8217; &#8211; Liverpool and Manchester United target Lassana Diarra<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Shane Farrington 7 Jun 2011 17:00:00 La Liga,Lass Diarra,Real Madrid vs Sevilla(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra has confirmed he would only leave the Spanish giants for a return to the Premier League. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":431368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;I will only leave Real Madrid for an English club&#039; 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