Luis Díaz has a new recognition in world football that has captured the eyes of the football world since his presentation in the Copa América, his career with FC Porto and clearly, his incorporation with outstanding participations in Liverpool FC. The Colombian was now considered in the top 100 most valuable players globally, and he is the only coffee grower on that important list.
According to the Transfermarkt page, the Colombian end of Liverpool reached its highest market value. The peasant was valued at 45 million euros, above Duván Zapata and Dávinson Sánchez. Thus, Luis Díaz entered the list of the 100 most valuable players in the world, taking box 97 of that statistic. The first is Kylian Mbappé with a value of 160 million euros, and getting into that hundred is Dayot Upamecano.
An abysmal difference with what Luis Díaz was worth, he barely arrived on the old continent in Portugal with a market value of 9 million euros. Gradually, the cost of it was increasing sharply. When Liverpool’s interest in the Colombian arose, Porto established a termination clause of 80 million euros, although finally, he was sold for 45 million euros, plus 15 in variables.
With this value, he was parked in the top 10 of the best valued at Liverpool, surpassing Thiago Alcantará and Roberto Firmino. In the Premier he is in 39th place, surpassing Riyad Mahrez and Timo Werner.
‘Lucho’ is also the fourth most valuable Colombian in history behind James Rodríguez who reached 80 million euros in 2015, Radamel Falcao García and Dávinson Sánchez with 60 million.
