Colombian international Luis Diaz, along with Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota, is increasingly likely to leave Liverpool.
He has been playing more and more at centre-forward this season, but has been involved in fewer goals as the season has progressed.
Talks are reportedly underway to extend his current contract until June 2027, but negotiations have stalled and no new deal has been signed. He has been heavily linked with a move to the club, as he is a former Barcelona fan.
Fabrizio Romano, an Italian journalist, said that the player is positive about going to Spain, while revealing the fact that Barcelona are also on the list, based on the continued interest from Saudi Arabia.
“For Luis Diaz it’s not guaranteed but it’s a possibility,”
“It’s something that has been discussed already because there was interest from Saudi and Luis Diaz decided to stay at the club. Now what about Barcelona?”
“Luis Diaz is one of the three/four names on the shortlist of Barcelona for the summer transfer window.”
“Nothing has been agreed and nothing has been discussed yet, especially on the club side because it’s too early and Barcelona will take their time before deciding who is the winger they want to sign and how much they have left in terms of budget and financial fair play.”
“So with Barca there is still work to do before saying ‘okay, we’ll go for this player and get him’…but Luis Diaz is on the list.”
“I’m told that Barcelona have a very good relationship with people close to Luis Diaz and that’s a very good factor. I’m also told that Diaz would be open to trying a new experience in Spain, in this case Barcelona.”
“Very exciting football, a fast quality player with his skills would be absolutely perfect, so Diaz could be tempted by this opportunity.”
“But at the moment still no negotiations and still no direct contacts and there are more options in the list at Barcelona.”
“But for Diaz the possibility to leave is something concrete and the interest from Saudi remains. They wanted him from the beginning of January and it was the end of December/beginning of January when contacts took place. The player decided to stay, but from Saudi they remain interested.”
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