Dayot Upamecano has broken his silence over a potential move to Manchester United this summer after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made the RB Leipzig star his No 1 target following a failed attempt to capture Jadon Sancho.
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The Frenchman produced a masterclass against Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa in the quarter-finals.
"Obviously when you play a Champions League semi-final, your status changes, especially because it was the first semis for Leipzig. We wrote history," he added.
"When I was in Portugal, I wasn't paying attention to what happened outside of it until the end.
"Because I didn't play in Ligue 1, I was just in academies in France, I became known in Germany."
Dayot Upamecano helped RB Leipzig reach the Champions League semi-finals (Image: GETTY)
Upamecano would have been available for just £54m but that release clause was scrapped when he penned a new three-year contract.
There are rumours that a new clause was added that could allow him to leave for £38m next summer.