Luis Díaz, among the most expensive players in the world; exceeded 100 million euros

Luis Díaz has become the highest reference in Colombian football abroad after joining Liverpool in England, a team with which he has only been a semester. From the beginning he made it clear that he did not need adaptation, because in the first few minutes he showed his quality and good coupling in the reds.

Despite not getting the English league and Champions League titles, the 25-year-old peasant was present at the League Cup and FA Cup finalslocal tournaments that made him champion on English soil.

Since February, when he joined Liverpool, the Colombian international has played 963 minutes in 13 Premier League games, 11 of them as a starter, and scored four goals. As for the Champions League, he was present in seven games from the round of 16 to the final.in which he hit the net twice.

It should be remembered that Díaz had already played in the international competition with the Porto shirt, a team with which he faced Liverpool twice in the group stage. In total, he played 523 minutes in six games as a starter and scored two goals, a record that failed to save the Portuguese team from third position.

In addition to his outstanding performance at the club level, with the Colombian National Team he managed to establish himself to the point of being the undisputed starter. Beyond failing to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, during the tie he played 1,152 minutes in 16 games, 14 as a starter, and scored three goals.

These numbers have earned Lucho to become one of the best valued players worldwideso much so that it is part of the top 10.

According to the Football Observatory of the International Center for Sports Studies (CIES, for its acronym in English), the man born in Barrancas, in the department of La Guajira, ranks No. 8 of the most expensive players and rubs shoulders with footballers like Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior, by exceeding 100 million euros.

This study center, based in Switzerland, valued the Colombian soccer player at 110 million, while Mbappé and Vinicius are valued at 205.6 and 185.3 million, respectively.

Above the peasant are other players like Erling Haaland, recently bought by Manchester CityPedri González from Barcelona, ​​Phil Foden from Manchester City and Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona.

It should be remembered that in the January transfer market, Liverpool paid Porto 45 million euros, plus 15 million in variables, to keep the services of Luis Díaz, an investment that for many was well paid.

The ten most valuable players, according to CIES (Euros)

1. Kylian Mbappe (PSG/23 years old) – 205.6 million

2. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid/21 years old) – 185.3 million

3. Erling Haaland (Manchester City/21 years old) – 152.6 million

4. Pedri González (Barcelona/19 years old)- 135.1 million

5. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/18 years old) – 133.7 million

6. Phil Foden (Manchester City/22 years old) – 124 million

7. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona/25 years old) – 112.5 million

8. Luis Diaz (Liverpool/25 years old)- 110 million

9. Ruben Diaz (Manchester City/25 years old) – 109.6 million

10. Ferrán Torres (Barcelona/22 years old) – 109.5 million