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Speculation linking Luis Diaz with a Liverpool exit is seemingly ne'er acold away, contempt the Colombian presently coming disconnected the backmost of his champion play with the club.
Diaz tallied 17 goals and 8 assists successful each competitions, and arsenic good arsenic featuring successful his accustomed left-wing role, helium besides proved a fashionable prime arsenic a striker with Arne Slot. Still, though, talk of a determination distant remains, with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, as good arsenic clubs successful Saudi Arabia, said to beryllium funny successful Diaz.
A mates of years ago, Diaz's begetter said that the erstwhile Porto prima "dreamed" of a determination to Barcelona, and the Catalan nine has made nary concealed of its admiration for him. Last month, Barca sporting manager Deco name-checked Diaz arsenic helium addressed Barcelona's tendency to motion a caller winger during the summertime transportation window.
"We similar Luis Diaz, we similar Rashford... and we similar different wingers too," Deco said. "We can't speech astir players nether declaration with different clubs."
Barcelona manager Flick addressed Deco's comments a fewer days aboriginal and gave a likewise deliberate response, insisting that helium could not speech astir players from different clubs... portion naming players from different clubs who helium wants to sign.
“This is what we person talked astir with the club," Flick said. "In the past matches possibly we did not person a batch of options successful that presumption [on the near wing]… truthful we person to bring much options to the squad and much quality. This is the occupation from Deco, is clear, and I volition enactment him.
“I don’t privation to talk astir players which are not successful my team, but of people Luis Diaz and Marcus Rashford are fantastic players. I similar them and we’ll spot what happens.”
Manchester United outcast Rashford has decided that helium wants to determination overseas this summer, aft Aston Villa confirmed his exit from the nine that helium spent the 2nd fractional of past play connected indebtedness at.
The England guardant intelligibly has nary aboriginal astatine United, and his imagination would beryllium to articulation Barcelona. Were helium to bash so, that would regularisation Diaz retired of a determination to Barcelona, and permission him successful an absorbing presumption regarding his future.
Despite being a cardinal subordinate successful Slot's squad, Diaz's wage is importantly little than a batch of his teammates, including the likes of Darwin Nunez, Federico Chiesa, and Diogo Jota.
Diaz is inactive connected the aforesaid presumption helium signed erstwhile helium joined Liverpool successful 2022, and his declaration expires successful 2027. Speaking portion distant with Colombia connected planetary work successful June, Diaz said helium would beryllium blessed to spot retired his declaration connected Merseyside: "I'm very, precise blessed successful Liverpool. From time one, they've made maine consciousness truly welcome.
"Right present we're successful interaction with them due to the fact that we're speaking with [other] clubs. It's normal, the marketplace is open, and we're trying to benignant retired what's champion for us.
"I americium conscionable waiting to spot what happens. If Liverpool doesn't marque a bully offer, I inactive person 2 years near with them, I would beryllium blessed and contented to enactment there. And that's it, everything depends connected them obviously, it's up to maine to determine what's champion for america and the future."
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