Yan Diomande, the Ivory Coast international, has earned a reputation for punctuality in Germany since joining RB Leipzig last summer from Leganes in Spain. His dedication to being on time has led his teammates to affectionately nickname him “the German.”
This newfound discipline has become a talking point within the team’s dressing room and highlights the contrast between cultural attitudes towards time in different countries. In an interview with Sky Sports, Diomande elaborated on the significance of punctuality in Germany.
Here, we take things like punctuality very seriously. It was different in Spain; you could turn up whenever you wanted. Here, the culture is different.