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Lesson from Luis Díaz to Klopp and Liverpool: they would use a purchase model with Barella | premier league

Luis Díaz had one of those landings that exceed all dreams: he fought for four titles, he won two, he was chosen player of the pitch several times, he was the hero of qualification for the Champions League final… It’s one thing to list it, quite another to achieve it all in just four months.

He did it speaking the only language he shares with the spectacular payroll of which he is a part: talent. And that is a lesson for his coach, Jürgen Klopp, who chose in his case a risky but clearly successful strategy: sign in winter, outside the script, without preseason, without knowledge of the internal philosophy, like flying a plane without instruments …

The German has explained a lot that he would have preferred to wait until this market for Díaz but an offer from Tottenham to Porto precipitated the signing that Anfield had been following for months and that they were not going to allow him to escape. They deposited 45 million euros and kept it as a risky bet. Darwin Núñez, on the other hand, they could wait for and he does complete the course, but once again Liverpool is at a crossroads that it would resolve precisely thanks to the experience with the Colombian.

Who is the target? Nicolo Barella. What is the threat? Again, Tottenham. According to Il Messaggero, Spurs want to reunite the Inter Milan midfielder with his former manager, Antonio Conte, after their title-winning spell together at the San Siro, as well as adding Milan Skriniar. Barella is the missing piece to perfect the pass and win a shot on goal and it is not for nothing that he has become one of the most coveted midfielders in Europe… yes, just as Diaz was in his time, whom until FC Barcelona chased.

Klopp himself described him a few months ago as a “first-class player” and the process, with Diaz’s same script, would have already started. But Conte’s interest could complicate matters: “We respect the contracts with our boys too, that means whenever we sign them, they get our full support: in training, between sessions, during games and between games. That’s the situation we have; our midfielders can really count”, said the Liverpool coach anticipating a possible defeat.

What is clear is that the 25-year-old player is really interested, but the Reds will not always be able to get away with it… It is true that the squad allows up to three total payroll changes, as was seen in one of the last friendlies, but there are always room for a talented… the proof is Luis Diaz.

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