A nugget of FC Porto, the Colombian is very courted, especially in England. And it is the Reds who are said to be on the verge of completing the transfer.
As all three members of their attacking trio reach the end of their contracts in June 2023, Liverpool need to start anticipating the future and possible future departures of their stars by signing players now so they can fit in the team. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané are still present at CAN, Jürgen Klopp also wants their replacement to be operational immediately so as not to be left behind by Manchester City.
The Reds would have found their happiness on the Porto side, with Colombian winger Luis Diaz, according to The Athletic. The residents of Anfield would therefore be ahead of the Spurs of Tottenham in the race for the co-top scorer of the last Copa América. As a reminder, the Portuguese hoped to recover 80 M€ in the transaction, but the interested clubs never offered such an amount.
Tottenham beaten to the wire
First to draw, the Spurs had put 45 M€ then 57 M€ on the table. The negotiations were on track, but the English press indicated that everything would have been blocked by the player’s agents. The reason ? Jorge Mendes would have liked to interfere in the deal. A boon for the Reds who would be on the way to winning the bet.
Liverpool would have managed to negotiate a transfer for 60 M€ bonus included (45 M€ fixed + 15 M€ bonus). Mute since the start of the winter transfer window, the Mersey club did not hesitate to send heavy to snatch the new nugget of FC Porto, author of 16 goals and 6 assists in 28 matches, all competitions combined this season.
