Luis Díaz (13-1-1997, Barrancas, Colombia) is one of the big game targets for Barcelona 2024-25. Specifically, he is the favorite of Deco, the Barça sports director, who as a good Porto fan continued his explosion in the ‘dragoes’, where he scored 41 goals and gave 19 assists in 125 games before being sold to Liverpool for around 50 million of euros. With the Reds he has been somewhat more irregular, but he also has good numbers: 24 goals and 13 assists. The arrival of Arne Slot to Liverpool opens a new scenario for the Reds. The Dutch coach and sports director, Richard Hugues, plan the next season with Michel Edwards, CEO Fenway Sports. And the future of Luis Díaz, according to information coming from Anfield, is not clear. Laporta admitted in an interview at the end of 2022 that they already thought about him before going to Porto: “At that time, we had just landed at the club, the club’s financial situation was difficult and Liverpool beat us to it.” Last week, Mundo Deportivo assured that he is the “most desired” winger for Barça. AS has been able to confirm that Deco really likes him.
Deco meets Luis Díaz’s agents; and there has even been speculation about a meeting in Barcelona last March. The representatives are Carlos van Strahlen and the Portuguese Raúl País Da Costa, who works for Nomi, the company that also represents Rúben Amorim, who sounded like a future candidate for the Barça bench. Deco has detected a certain lack of character and winning instinct in a Barça squad that in recent years has collapsed every time it suffers a blow. Hence the plan to incorporate players with leadership that help win titles. One is Guido Rodríguez. Another, Luis Díaz. Deco has in mind a Barça with more physical power and more spice. Something like the one that Laporta and Txiki built in 2004 with footballers like Etoo, Márquez, Larsson, Edmilson or himself, footballers with character.
If Liverpool finally gives the green light to his transfer, Barça will have to prepare for a tough negotiation (we only need to remember the Coutinho case). Furthermore, the Barça club will need, in addition to managing to settle back into the famous 1:1 of LaLiga, to move its squad in the market to aspire to Luis Díaz, who is valued at 75 million euros by the specialized website Transfermarkt. The name that appears in all the pools as a possible exit is Raphinha, whose market value is 50 million and whose figures look in the eyes of those of Luis Díaz. The Colombian has scored 13 goals and provided five assists. The Brazilian has scored ten goals and given twelve decisive passes. Díaz has one more point of killer instinct in the last meters. Barça was naive in the face of the goal and Deco wants more alternatives to Lewandowski, if the Pole finally continues.
Deco prioritizes Luis Díaz over interest in Nico Williams and Dani Olmo. There is also a detail that Laporta really likes. Luis Díaz is a renowned Barcelona fan. “The truth is that I know little about Barcelona at the moment, but Luis is a loyal Barça fan. I would like to thank Liverpool and Porto for how they have welcomed us (…) Playing for Barça would not be a problem because it is one of the best in the world,” his father, Luis Manuel Díaz, who by the way was The subject of a kidnapping last November 2023. Twelve days later, he was released by the National Liberation Army in an episode that kept the coffee-growing country in suspense last fall.
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2024-05-25 09:23:33
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