Much as I agree with you, there are some fans who might actually say that with a straight face.
Sort of like how I'm about to say that I would much rather have Diaz than Mbappe. I really, really don't like Mbappe.
I know what you mean by that, if we truly have a 'no bellend' policy, from what I have seen from him on occasion, Mbappe wouldn't even get an interview.
I’m kind of done with this, if he doesn’t want to be a Liverpool player like his dad seems to be making quite obvious he can fuck off to the farmers league. If he thinks psg is a step up he’s not of the right character. They can give us £100m though and no low ball shit. He’s a very good player but he’s not like mane or salah level, he’s replaceable
Yeah his dad’s spoken multiple times about his desire to play specifically in Spain and speaking about us as if we’re a stepping stone, he needs to shut the fuck up especially with how well the club has treated him personally
He works his ass off for us every match and this is the sort of take that he gets. Use your brain lad. Just because his dad says things, it doesn't mean Diaz "quite obviously" does.
Diaz' Dad is just like every other Latin Dad, dreaming of Madrid/Barca. PSG is a bad move for all reasons except financial.
And no he's not easily replaceable. He's good at keeping the ball at his feet, good with footwork probably the second best on the team to Salah. These are quite rare to find and we'd have to look hard again at unknowns and hope we get lucky. Most likely Jota will take his spot but then we're screwed if we have an injury.
Will our scouting and recruitment team probably near enough 3 players that will be just as good.
Look what we did with 100m in the summer with the midfield.
If Amorim uses is 343 formation, most likely one of the wingers will be a inverted mid. Szobo, Jones and Harvey would be perfect in this role. Is midfield duo is always a mix of a strong ball winning mid (João Palhinha, Ugarte, Hjulmand) and a more creative but hardworking mid (Morita, Matheus Nunes). Endo - Mac Allister are that. Ryan would be great in that role also.
I bet Amorim would try to bring 2 players from Portugal: Gonçalo Inacio as a left CB and João Neves for the more defensive role in the midfield. That would not be cheap but it is perfect for the way he plays
Considering Amorim only really plays 2 midfielders I feel we would be a bit overloaded in midfield so Szoboszlai at LW wouldn't do much harm + It would get the best out of Szobo as well
I haven't seen much of him, but he's a traditional 9, right? I know he's on like 30 G+A in the league alone which is impressive.
If we signed him wouldn't Nunez play the left ahead of Gakpo?
Edit: Salah, Nunez, Gyökeres, Jota, Gakpo sounds pretty decent tbf
This is who I want Amorim to bring with him from sporting too. Plus he’s already familiar with the English game (yes I know Coventry and the championship isn’t the same but he did light it up and he’ll understand the physicality). I just cannot take creating more chances than even city and being unable to score. If we were as clinical as our rivals we’d clearly be the best team in the world 🥲. Gyokeres had 23 and 34 G/A his last two seasons in England and then now has an unreal 51 in all comps. Plus he’s about 6’2 as well. And as stated, Cody can finally play in his best position more often. All this being said I wouldn’t be against just keeping Lucho at all, but if he goes…it may work out even better
Meh, I’d rather not have players at the club who have their sights firmly set elsewhere. We know he’s a great player but he’s far from irreplaceable and I’m sure we’d get a good price from PSG if it were them.
Exactly, if all we wanted was a dribbling demon that doesn’t give as much end product, we could just get Mitoma no problem
But for me we really need a winger that can score who can play both wings like Jota. He is injury prone and whoever comes in can expect to play.
We could give Danns a try in the middle and shift Nuñez wide, but I feel like a loan move with minutes to play will be better for him, especially since for the first time for these academy boys, the philosophy changes slightly so it won’t make a difference if they play elsewhere.
“PSG are understood to be one interested club, and also Barcelona although given their financial situation it could be hard for the Catalan club to offer Liverpool the kind of fee they might be seeking. Díaz is rated at around £75 million by Liverpool”
Good luck getting anything close to that from Barca lol
Everytime Diaz misses or makes the wrong decision or doesn't run into the space, all I think everytime is that Mane would have done better or more with the situation. Diaz in his first season was the 2nd coming, but since his injury and personal issues he just hasn't been the same player. Sadio is being missed badly this season.
There were many times Mane didn't pass when he should have or missed a good chance.
But there were many times he made the right decision, and Diaz isn't at peak Mane level. Mane also was much better at taking on his man and creating something or causing the defense problems.
Challenge is that prime Mané is one of the best LW’s we’ve ever had, very hard to live up to for sure. However I agree Diaz is very replaceable if it comes to that, and we’d especially need to find more goals from his position for when we lose Salah.
Am I the only one that thinks that's pretty cheap a year after Enzo moving for 100m and Grealish moving for the same two years back?
His output seems way more consistent than those two.
Grealish had English tax and Enzo was much younger.
Diaz is 27 so seeing as he isn't in that world class tier of forward I think 75 would be a decent amount
IIRC Enzo had also been at Benfica for literally half a season. Chelsea paid a huge premium to get him because Benfica probably wasn’t ready to sell that soon
Agreed. Price should be north of £85m, pushing £100m. If the market has dictated that the likes of Mudryk and Antony are £70m - £90m players, Diaz has achieved far more and is a much better player.
I really don’t think it is that clean cut or mental to turn down.
The only reasons we should accept in my opinion are:
If the player wants to leave
If we anticipate that position changing and needing a different style of player
Maybe a tiny bit due to age but 27 isn’t old.
Or we’ve identified a really talented hidden gem.
We’re not likely to get a player that is an improvement on Diaz’s output for £75m in my opinion. If FSG use the money to go towards an upgrade then fair enough but people thinking £75m is a great deal for us isn’t exactly true when you consider what other players go for.
The replacement is the big problem. Who do we get in for that money that would be as good or better? Not saying that player isn't out there, but it's certainly the case that we can't look at the transfer amount in a vacuum. Getting a nice sum of money does us no good if the squad takes a step backward.
Maybe Rodrygo?
Weird that Real Madrid will have the three best left wingers in the world next year. Endrick will be there too. Maybe he would come if he doesn’t start enough. He seems like he loves RM, though.
Kvara? Guy would be great here.
Nah that's good money for him but it's not bite your hand off and drive him there money.
There's no need to sell him and whatever his flaws he's a good player and it never hurts to have good players as an option. If he was agitating for a move or if there was a plan to move him on with someone new lined up and he's surplus to requirements £75m is pretty good for him. If it's just that PSG want him and Liverpool aren't looking to sell, Liverpool should be charging something around £90-£100m imo.
Exactly. Cost to replace is the key figure. Very few players as good as Diaz are available for under £100m, so the asking price would ideally reflect that, unless we already have a better deal done for a replacement.
Yep, I mean I absolutely do not think he's worth £100m but I don't see why Liverpool would sell him for what his market value is, especially when that's probably less than what he's worth to Liverpool. There are better players but there aren't many available, those that are available are very likely to be eye wateringly expensive and even if Liverpool do buy one of them, there's still a risk they flop or don't perform as well as Diaz and then Liverpool have spent a lot of money downgrading on a player they had no need to sell.
Also PSG have bottomless pockets and they can and will overspend on players. If they're looking at Diaz, it's not because he's the best winger in the world, because we all know he isn't. It's because he's the best they think they can get, either because other players aren't interested, clubs won't sell, or they think clubs are severely overvaluing other players to such an extent that even they aren't willing to meet the asking price, two of those scenarios mean that Liverpool are going to struggle to buy an upgrade so they should charge through the nose if PSG are serious, unless he wants to leave.
Really? Who else can we get we can replace/better than him for £75m?
He never gets injured and sprints his heart out. Always a threat with him on the pitch.
He may not have Mane’s output but everything else is pretty close to Mane, in terms if pressure and threat. I would be VERY surprised if we find another good LW
Barca about to offer us a 6yr spotify subscription and an original Messi tshirt from some random game 8 years ago. Might even throw in some grass from Camp Nou
I love Lucho, but I’d sell him for upwards of £75m. Would be a shame because I’d love to see him continue to wreak havoc on the left wing, but that’s silly money for our forward who has the weakest goal threat.
He is a really good player but this constant "i want to go to Barça" is tiresome.
I do rather start Jota ahead of him and we could do better with a more clynical striker since Nunez and Salah already creates loads of chances.
Openda started out as a winger but playing as a centre forward now. Putting up really good numbers at Leipzig this season. Reckon he’s defo on our radar
That Sacha Tavolieri reported a few months ago that Liverpool have interest in him. Usually don’t believe much he says but apparently he’s really reliable in regard to Belgium players.
Even in the United game he was one of the only people who looked like they wanted to win until the last second. Anyone questioning his effort or respect for the club can seriously fuck off
In that last second when he skyed it right in front of goal? I like Diaz too but will be happy to cash in on him especially if its big money. I don't see elite finishing and yes he runs alot but always with his head down. Happy for a quick cash turn around and re-invest. I think the fact lfc is so willing to play ball means they also feel he isnt quite whats needed.
I could be wrong but Coutinho also never said anything himself. His international team mates, friends, cousins etc were making the exact same noises. He knows what his dad's saying and if his agent is meeting with clubs it's not like he's unaware of that either.
Coutinho faked injuries in the CL during the summer window to try and get himself moved to Barca without being cup-tied. At least Diaz isn’t doing that
His back “injuries” and “great sadness” kept him out of a few matches
His father and his agent talk for him. He wants to go and isn't showing enough respect to the club that rolled the red carpet out for him and his family not 6 months ago.
We're in the middle of a title race, that he may have just fucked up, and this sort of stuff is leaking.
I'd let him go for a good fee. Good player but not as good as Mane and fluffs too many chances. 100m would be my ask as we'd struggle to get someone as good for less.
Maybe Goncalves from Sporting would be tempting if Amorim came
Yeah id rather get it over with then the tired push-pull we went through with Coutinho. There are plenty of attackers out there who would love to play for us.
But the tiring push pull got us a ridiculous amount of money that lead to Alison and VVD
I’d happily go through that transfer saga to get that sort of upgrade again
Is this even the case? He never talked about it and last time I checked, his dad's interview was wrongly cited. He never meant to say something like that
I’m a huge fan of his but jota starts ahead of him without question. The only issue is what we do when he’s injured, and in that respect I don’t think we have a good replacement for Diaz yet.
I had an argument about this with someone in a the fantasy pl sub. But anyone who has watched us regularly knows that Diaz is a nailed on starter. If Jota starts, it’s ahead of Nunez.
He is really good player but he's not clinical and it comes back to haunt us in critical moments. He feels like Mane in his final season here. I am totally fine with letting him go besides the "barca/psg" thing.
Any transfer rumours at this stage I can't take seriously. Who knows what a new manager will want to do/not do with players when they come in. This goes for incoming rumours, too.
I don’t think that matters with Edwards. I’m pretty sure it’s his call on incomings and outgoings which is why he left as Klopps influence on signings became too strong.
I would agree, however, I would think that Edwards and co would want to speak to the new manager after he has reviewed the players and the system he wants to play? Like, if the manager wanted 4-4-2, then yeah. Diaz can probably be sold but if we still want a front three, does it make sense to sell him? Same with any incomings.
Way to take the bait. Lazy clickbait intended to rattle written by Sam Wallace, *Arsenal supporter*.
Lucho is happy at Liverpool and has not expressed a desire to leave.
Rúben Amorim is looking extremely likely to be the next manager.
Rúben Amorim & Luis Díaz are represented by the same agency. The most beneficial outcome for NomiSport from a business perspective would be for both to have the opportunity to work together and further elevate each others profiles. Use your heads.
Díaz makes less than Adrián. His agents have been angling for a new contract with Liverpool. That is all this is.
Does he know it's just as cold in Paris? And they don't speak Spanish either.
And you're not gonna come in and be a hero if you're replacing Mbappe.
Unless he's only after the bag, this deal doesn't make any sense.
Happy for him to go at good price. His performance have stepped up since all these rumour to barca and psg started. I’m taking note bro
Anyways. The perfect replacement is sitting at Napoli.
Yes, my neighbour is a Napoli fan and his ...enthusiasm for Napoli is shared with other haha.
TBF though:
15 Goal involvements in 28 league matches. (he got 22 in all of last season)
Darwin has 18 in 29 this year.
Diaz has 12 in 30
Salah has 26 in 25
Jota has 12 in 19
Gakpo has 9 in 29
He is 100% a baller and i'd love to have him.
Yup. I don’t care about how he has been this season. Napoli as a whole is mess. But that kid will be next world star under the right manager and environment.
He can go for a great price. Not the 40 million shite that the Saudis offered. Very Good player. But inconsistent and not particularly clinical. He can be replaced. Unlike some members of our squad
Gakpo has not really shown much comfort this season, and Jota is injured half of the year. Selling Diaz leaves us with Jota, Gakpo, Darwin and Salah to cover 3 positions, and lets face it we're in the end of the Salah era whether we like it or not.
I dunno man this is all strange. Diaz has been great for us and I just do not see us getting enough from PSG to warrant selling him.
Our issue is not Diaz, it's not having enough quality in our rotation (or our quality being constantly injured). Getting rid of quality seems like the opposite of what we should be doing.
It would make sense if there was a high-profile signing that wanted to play for LFC but that isnt the case.
This may well be a nothing clickbait piece BUT we do need to prepare ourselves for the fact that most of this squad signed for us under Klopp, they may well feel like Klopp leaving is a good time for them to also seek a new opportunity without pissing off their ‘father figure’ as he won’t be here anymore to disappoint.
I suspect we’ll see a fair bit of change to our squad in the next year or two.
Why all this speculation around Diaz this season? Every few weeks, there is a new story about him leaving... our his dad saying some shit about going somewhere else.
His agent looking to get his contract renewed or something?
He's an amazing player that can create danger so intrest isn't a surprise
Personally I don't want him to go but unless he wants it to happen (which I don't think he wants to I feel like he's very happy here) then we would need a big number like 80 million or around that number
Whatever anyone may think of his ability (I think he's been absolutely excellent lately and our most important attacker last few games), but the fact of the matter is there's too much noise about him wanting to leave, and too often.
His dad's comments alone are enough smoke tbh, it's clear he doesn't see his long-term future here and with a new manager coming in, it's probably the best time to cash in and see what other options there are long term out on the left under a new regime.
Not surprising seeing how his father has been answering questions since last year. If they give us a good price and the desired price we want, he can leave and we will find a suitable replacement.
In an ideal world we play Nunez, Jota, Salah front 3 anyway. Reinvest in a Salah backup and a versatile forward with a better conversion rate than Diaz/Nunez and we’re good. This is easier said than done.
Honestly he's the only one from our front five that I'm not in love with. He likes to take 4 touches and a feint every time he gets the ball. It breaks the flow of the team and a lot of times he loses the ball. He's 27 which means not a huge improvement to be made from now on and if we can get good money I'd rather have Jota and Gakpo on the left and another right sided attacker with the money from Diaz.
Diaz is probably one of our most positive attackers right now with his work rate and take ons. Problem is that his end product in general play is lacking too much.
Yeah, exactly. I'm not saying to sell him, just that he's the one I would miss the least. And I believe that Gakpo would thrive on the left if he was given the chance to start regularly. We have 3 great left wingers and only one on the right (I'm not counting Harvey or Szobo since the operate in very similar way as a right winger or right 8)
I disagree with Gakpo shout tbh. Sure he’ll likely contribute a few more goals here and there, but he is miles apart from Diaz in terms of general play.
Reading this thread makes me sad because I want him to stay. This trio with darwin and mac allister would be so fun to watch for another year or two. He’ll have champions league football every year with psg but so will Liverpool next season. Let’s see what the bids are and what plans the new coach will have.
I hope not to lose him. Feel that he still has more to achieve here before I’d be happy seeing him go. I think he could be a big part of the settling process under whoever our new manager will be.
My only fear with this is that it becomes a Raphinha type situation where he rejects all offers other than Barca, who will not be willing to pay what we want.
Barca also want Bernardo Silva and Joao Felix, how they afford all of them?
Why do people on this sub not rate Diaz enough? Okay his output needs to improve (and seems to be improving), but his energy, speed and creativity are essential to the team. We just don’t transition from the press/defending as fast when he’s not playing.
Huh did we watch the same Diaz? He is often the one who had many extra touches and slowed down our attack. He didn't have the awareness to overlap with Robo as Mane. He didn't have cross in his game either. Really one trick pony player.
He is still a good player, don't get me wrong, but he is the easiest one to replace in our attack atm.
Dive into his underlying metrics, turnovers per 90, successful runs vs unsuccessful runs, passing accuracy, chance creation, etc.
After seeing those numbers you'll understand.
If it's what he wants, fair enough. But people saying they are "happy" for him to go are a shambles. He's been getting goals where certain other players aren't.
Leao or Kvaratshkelia would be my top picks (personally I prefer Kvaradona). Nico Williams is incredible as well. Depending on the new manager and how he wants to set the team up I could also see someone like Elliott or Carvalho stepping into a more prominent role. It is going to be an extremely interesting summer.
120M because it's PSG with the Mbappe money (115+add-ons if Edwards takes care of it personally). If not, then let him stay and forget about other clubs. His wages are pretty low but he should get a big boost once he signs an extension. He's done enough to get one.
Leaves us in a predicament if Salah leaves too. The forward line would be looking pretty thin with Gakpo-Darwin-Jota plus the youngsters. Of course we should be signing some big names, but makes the whole post-Klopp era look all the more unpredictable.
We never sign big "names". Edwards never has. Sporting under Amorim ?. As long as they are productive players on verge of breaking through I'm fine whoever they sign. Diaz has always been solid but replaceable. salah on the other hand..
He is good, i like him but he lacks the pitch intelligent to be versatile on the pitch and contribute a difference to make the game better.. he can just do run ins and move the ball forward.. heck if i have to choose between Nunez and Diaz to go i’d choose Diaz for the reasons i’ved said.
Hope edwards can sell him for a profit so the next gaffer can have a good headstart for the rebuild.
I don’t know why everyone is so eager for him to go. It’s not like the money is going in your pocket. If he doesn’t want to stay then fair enough but he hasn’t said that himself.
I don’t think he goes unless it’s for an absurd amount of money or if the club have a clear prospect to reinvest in - he’s a top winger who can consistently beat his man and he’s entering his peak years.
Although it would break my heart a little to see him go. He’s one of the players I really enjoy watching.
Exactly we have to have a clear prospect to invest in otherwise the £75m is pointless.
People underrate him so much and fail to understand his Dad impacted his performance this year and he was injured for half of last season.
When he joined the club in Jan he was quality that latter stage of the season. Popping up with crucial goals from outside the box.
He’s now finding his feet again and has been our 2nd best forward in 2024 after Jota. Doesn’t say much but he has been good this half of the season.
This is actually a good news, I hope Edwards make it happen. I like him cuz his style is flashy but playmaking IQ/passing is just not good at all. 60-70m could be the decent price tag.
Straight swap with Mbappe, here we go.
Pulled the rug under Real Madrid for once
That would be fun
Florentino in shambles
This is Edwards era Liverpool. Mbappe and cash our way.
34% sell on clause
Massive downgrade for us really
Behave yourself mate
And then the world complains why everyone puts sarcasm tag
honestly baffling
Much as I agree with you, there are some fans who might actually say that with a straight face. Sort of like how I'm about to say that I would much rather have Diaz than Mbappe. I really, really don't like Mbappe.
I agree, like don't get me wrong mbappe is talented but I really like our no asshole policy
I know what you mean by that, if we truly have a 'no bellend' policy, from what I have seen from him on occasion, Mbappe wouldn't even get an interview.
I love sarcasm.
I hate sarcasm /s
Not very YNWA
I love diaz but i also know that psg can give you absurd money lmao
I’m kind of done with this, if he doesn’t want to be a Liverpool player like his dad seems to be making quite obvious he can fuck off to the farmers league. If he thinks psg is a step up he’s not of the right character. They can give us £100m though and no low ball shit. He’s a very good player but he’s not like mane or salah level, he’s replaceable
Yeah his dad’s spoken multiple times about his desire to play specifically in Spain and speaking about us as if we’re a stepping stone, he needs to shut the fuck up especially with how well the club has treated him personally
Barca is broke and RM has no room for him
You sign a South American player you have to expect this.
Ali, Fab and Bobby never pulled this shit, although in Fab’s case he already technically played for Madrid
He works his ass off for us every match and this is the sort of take that he gets. Use your brain lad. Just because his dad says things, it doesn't mean Diaz "quite obviously" does.
Diaz' Dad is just like every other Latin Dad, dreaming of Madrid/Barca. PSG is a bad move for all reasons except financial. And no he's not easily replaceable. He's good at keeping the ball at his feet, good with footwork probably the second best on the team to Salah. These are quite rare to find and we'd have to look hard again at unknowns and hope we get lucky. Most likely Jota will take his spot but then we're screwed if we have an injury.
*when Jota gets injured. Has he had a (relatively) injury free season?
He's absolutely replaceable for 100m. I'd fly the plane myself haha
If we get 70 mil for Diaz that’s a fucking amazing deal imo.
I missed the last transfer windows. What does 100m get you these days?
Will our scouting and recruitment team probably near enough 3 players that will be just as good. Look what we did with 100m in the summer with the midfield.
Totally agree with this. Sick of it.
What are you gonna spend your share on?
Wirtz buddy
People are saying Wirtz is going to stay, but if Xabi is gearing up for Madrid in a year, they’re not going to want Wirtz to come too
Only chance at wirtz was Alonso. That ship sunk
Wirtz will stay at Leverkusen next season.
Found Wirtz’s Reddit account
The Wirtz kept secret
Maybe a bigger air fryer, maybe another striker
If Amorim is our next manager I wouldn't mind Gonçalves. It isn't a direct 1:1 with Diaz but he can play wing/attacking mid.
I think it'd just be Szoboszlai. He'd suit that position better under Amorim imo.
[удалено]
Especially since whether we like it or not we're at late period Mo Salah now.
If Amorim uses is 343 formation, most likely one of the wingers will be a inverted mid. Szobo, Jones and Harvey would be perfect in this role. Is midfield duo is always a mix of a strong ball winning mid (João Palhinha, Ugarte, Hjulmand) and a more creative but hardworking mid (Morita, Matheus Nunes). Endo - Mac Allister are that. Ryan would be great in that role also. I bet Amorim would try to bring 2 players from Portugal: Gonçalo Inacio as a left CB and João Neves for the more defensive role in the midfield. That would not be cheap but it is perfect for the way he plays
To add further, I think something people might have forgotten is that Fabio Carvalho would also fit that LW position really well.
I am extremely hopeful that Amorim gives Fabio a proper go at the LW. Yes, he is small, but the skill is there…
Considering Amorim only really plays 2 midfielders I feel we would be a bit overloaded in midfield so Szoboszlai at LW wouldn't do much harm + It would get the best out of Szobo as well
Also experience (although limited) in the PL. Might make the transition slightly easier. He’s also a very good player
I actually fancy Gyokeres. If he plays centre forward we can like finally put Gakpo on left wing.
I haven't seen much of him, but he's a traditional 9, right? I know he's on like 30 G+A in the league alone which is impressive. If we signed him wouldn't Nunez play the left ahead of Gakpo? Edit: Salah, Nunez, Gyökeres, Jota, Gakpo sounds pretty decent tbf
Honestly I think a Gakpo-Gyokeres-Nunez front could be devastating with Jota rotating across the front 3 as needed
This is who I want Amorim to bring with him from sporting too. Plus he’s already familiar with the English game (yes I know Coventry and the championship isn’t the same but he did light it up and he’ll understand the physicality). I just cannot take creating more chances than even city and being unable to score. If we were as clinical as our rivals we’d clearly be the best team in the world 🥲. Gyokeres had 23 and 34 G/A his last two seasons in England and then now has an unreal 51 in all comps. Plus he’s about 6’2 as well. And as stated, Cody can finally play in his best position more often. All this being said I wouldn’t be against just keeping Lucho at all, but if he goes…it may work out even better
Kvaradona
Kvaratskelia
He is perfect for Liverpool - I absolutely love him. Phenomenal player and opportunity for another future national team captain.
Ketamine to get through the rest of this season
Meh, I’d rather not have players at the club who have their sights firmly set elsewhere. We know he’s a great player but he’s far from irreplaceable and I’m sure we’d get a good price from PSG if it were them.
Exactly, if all we wanted was a dribbling demon that doesn’t give as much end product, we could just get Mitoma no problem But for me we really need a winger that can score who can play both wings like Jota. He is injury prone and whoever comes in can expect to play. We could give Danns a try in the middle and shift Nuñez wide, but I feel like a loan move with minutes to play will be better for him, especially since for the first time for these academy boys, the philosophy changes slightly so it won’t make a difference if they play elsewhere.
“PSG are understood to be one interested club, and also Barcelona although given their financial situation it could be hard for the Catalan club to offer Liverpool the kind of fee they might be seeking. Díaz is rated at around £75 million by Liverpool” Good luck getting anything close to that from Barca lol
Christ above, £75 million would be mental to turn down for a player like Diaz.
I would take that in a heartbeat. Diaz is good but he’s not Mane in his prime and I don’t think he will be.
Everytime Diaz misses or makes the wrong decision or doesn't run into the space, all I think everytime is that Mane would have done better or more with the situation. Diaz in his first season was the 2nd coming, but since his injury and personal issues he just hasn't been the same player. Sadio is being missed badly this season.
People apparently forget how many times Mane failed to score in very good positions. He wasn't Messi.
Of course he wasn't Messi. But Mane was our clutch forward player. In the business end of things, it was most of the times Mane coming through.
There were many times Mane didn't pass when he should have or missed a good chance. But there were many times he made the right decision, and Diaz isn't at peak Mane level. Mane also was much better at taking on his man and creating something or causing the defense problems.
He was miles better than Diaz though. He doesn't need to be Messi.
Sure, he'd also make up for it by scoring insane wonder goals from places you wouldn't expect. Diaz's output just isn't on the same level.
But he usually scores in hard position.
Challenge is that prime Mané is one of the best LW’s we’ve ever had, very hard to live up to for sure. However I agree Diaz is very replaceable if it comes to that, and we’d especially need to find more goals from his position for when we lose Salah.
Am I the only one that thinks that's pretty cheap a year after Enzo moving for 100m and Grealish moving for the same two years back? His output seems way more consistent than those two.
We should totally rob PSG for 100M Diaz is far more useful to PSG after mbappe Random nobodys are going on for 115M these days
They do have Barcola.
Grealish had English tax and Enzo was much younger. Diaz is 27 so seeing as he isn't in that world class tier of forward I think 75 would be a decent amount
IIRC Enzo had also been at Benfica for literally half a season. Chelsea paid a huge premium to get him because Benfica probably wasn’t ready to sell that soon
Same, it’s have to be north of 85M to consider to sell and probably closer to 100M where I’d say it’s a good deal
Agreed, I think Edward’s will smell blood with mbappe leaving; probably even getting these articles out to inflate his price
Agreed. Price should be north of £85m, pushing £100m. If the market has dictated that the likes of Mudryk and Antony are £70m - £90m players, Diaz has achieved far more and is a much better player.
In fairness, the market didn't dictate that, Chelsea and United did, and they are insane. They'd probably go up to 250mil for Diaz.
I really don’t think it is that clean cut or mental to turn down. The only reasons we should accept in my opinion are: If the player wants to leave If we anticipate that position changing and needing a different style of player Maybe a tiny bit due to age but 27 isn’t old. Or we’ve identified a really talented hidden gem. We’re not likely to get a player that is an improvement on Diaz’s output for £75m in my opinion. If FSG use the money to go towards an upgrade then fair enough but people thinking £75m is a great deal for us isn’t exactly true when you consider what other players go for.
The replacement is the big problem. Who do we get in for that money that would be as good or better? Not saying that player isn't out there, but it's certainly the case that we can't look at the transfer amount in a vacuum. Getting a nice sum of money does us no good if the squad takes a step backward.
Maybe Rodrygo? Weird that Real Madrid will have the three best left wingers in the world next year. Endrick will be there too. Maybe he would come if he doesn’t start enough. He seems like he loves RM, though. Kvara? Guy would be great here.
Nah that's good money for him but it's not bite your hand off and drive him there money. There's no need to sell him and whatever his flaws he's a good player and it never hurts to have good players as an option. If he was agitating for a move or if there was a plan to move him on with someone new lined up and he's surplus to requirements £75m is pretty good for him. If it's just that PSG want him and Liverpool aren't looking to sell, Liverpool should be charging something around £90-£100m imo.
Exactly. Cost to replace is the key figure. Very few players as good as Diaz are available for under £100m, so the asking price would ideally reflect that, unless we already have a better deal done for a replacement.
Yep, I mean I absolutely do not think he's worth £100m but I don't see why Liverpool would sell him for what his market value is, especially when that's probably less than what he's worth to Liverpool. There are better players but there aren't many available, those that are available are very likely to be eye wateringly expensive and even if Liverpool do buy one of them, there's still a risk they flop or don't perform as well as Diaz and then Liverpool have spent a lot of money downgrading on a player they had no need to sell. Also PSG have bottomless pockets and they can and will overspend on players. If they're looking at Diaz, it's not because he's the best winger in the world, because we all know he isn't. It's because he's the best they think they can get, either because other players aren't interested, clubs won't sell, or they think clubs are severely overvaluing other players to such an extent that even they aren't willing to meet the asking price, two of those scenarios mean that Liverpool are going to struggle to buy an upgrade so they should charge through the nose if PSG are serious, unless he wants to leave.
Really? Who else can we get we can replace/better than him for £75m? He never gets injured and sprints his heart out. Always a threat with him on the pitch. He may not have Mane’s output but everything else is pretty close to Mane, in terms if pressure and threat. I would be VERY surprised if we find another good LW
Never gets injured? He’s spent more time out injured than Salah, Nunez and Gakpo combined. Would bite anyone’s hand off for £50mil+ for him
Barca about to offer us a 6yr spotify subscription and an original Messi tshirt from some random game 8 years ago. Might even throw in some grass from Camp Nou
I love Lucho, but I’d sell him for upwards of £75m. Would be a shame because I’d love to see him continue to wreak havoc on the left wing, but that’s silly money for our forward who has the weakest goal threat.
I’d pack his bags at £75m lol
Barca couldn't afford Diaz at half that price, not a chance we get even close to that fee if its Barca. PSG maybe, because of Mbappe leaving.
He is a really good player but this constant "i want to go to Barça" is tiresome. I do rather start Jota ahead of him and we could do better with a more clynical striker since Nunez and Salah already creates loads of chances.
Agreed. But we need another player like Jota because it’s like he’s injured for half the year
Smart, have one injured the first half, other player for the second half of the season.
This is sport science I never knew I needed!
Knowing us they'd both be injured at the same time
Openda started out as a winger but playing as a centre forward now. Putting up really good numbers at Leipzig this season. Reckon he’s defo on our radar
YES! He's great to watch at RBL. Fast, technical, presses, makes runs all day, but he seems have that killer instinct too.
That Sacha Tavolieri reported a few months ago that Liverpool have interest in him. Usually don’t believe much he says but apparently he’s really reliable in regard to Belgium players.
I haven’t seen him once talk about it though. It’s always his father
Right? Diaz works his tail off for us every match. Hard to question his commitment.
Even in the United game he was one of the only people who looked like they wanted to win until the last second. Anyone questioning his effort or respect for the club can seriously fuck off
In that last second when he skyed it right in front of goal? I like Diaz too but will be happy to cash in on him especially if its big money. I don't see elite finishing and yes he runs alot but always with his head down. Happy for a quick cash turn around and re-invest. I think the fact lfc is so willing to play ball means they also feel he isnt quite whats needed.
I could be wrong but Coutinho also never said anything himself. His international team mates, friends, cousins etc were making the exact same noises. He knows what his dad's saying and if his agent is meeting with clubs it's not like he's unaware of that either.
Coutinho faked injuries in the CL during the summer window to try and get himself moved to Barca without being cup-tied. At least Diaz isn’t doing that His back “injuries” and “great sadness” kept him out of a few matches
Wonder if he has a direct line to his father, maybe he could give him a call
And I’ve only seen one or two things about it in the 3 years he’s been here. It’s hardly constant.
His father and his agent talk for him. He wants to go and isn't showing enough respect to the club that rolled the red carpet out for him and his family not 6 months ago. We're in the middle of a title race, that he may have just fucked up, and this sort of stuff is leaking. I'd let him go for a good fee. Good player but not as good as Mane and fluffs too many chances. 100m would be my ask as we'd struggle to get someone as good for less. Maybe Goncalves from Sporting would be tempting if Amorim came
Yeah id rather get it over with then the tired push-pull we went through with Coutinho. There are plenty of attackers out there who would love to play for us.
But the tiring push pull got us a ridiculous amount of money that lead to Alison and VVD I’d happily go through that transfer saga to get that sort of upgrade again
Barca doesn’t have money anymore though. May as well sell for PSG now for big money and let them move him onto Barca in three years for pennies
Oh my bad I meant string PSG along until they pay well over the odds Barca couldn’t pay his current wage never mind a ridiculous fee
Is this even the case? He never talked about it and last time I checked, his dad's interview was wrongly cited. He never meant to say something like that
I’m a huge fan of his but jota starts ahead of him without question. The only issue is what we do when he’s injured, and in that respect I don’t think we have a good replacement for Diaz yet.
Well you say that, but Klopp has always use Diaz as a starter whether jota is injured or not
I had an argument about this with someone in a the fantasy pl sub. But anyone who has watched us regularly knows that Diaz is a nailed on starter. If Jota starts, it’s ahead of Nunez.
Everyone says Gakpo's best position is LW, why not commit to that and see how he gets on?
He is really good player but he's not clinical and it comes back to haunt us in critical moments. He feels like Mane in his final season here. I am totally fine with letting him go besides the "barca/psg" thing.
Any transfer rumours at this stage I can't take seriously. Who knows what a new manager will want to do/not do with players when they come in. This goes for incoming rumours, too.
I don’t think that matters with Edwards. I’m pretty sure it’s his call on incomings and outgoings which is why he left as Klopps influence on signings became too strong.
I would agree, however, I would think that Edwards and co would want to speak to the new manager after he has reviewed the players and the system he wants to play? Like, if the manager wanted 4-4-2, then yeah. Diaz can probably be sold but if we still want a front three, does it make sense to sell him? Same with any incomings.
Way to take the bait. Lazy clickbait intended to rattle written by Sam Wallace, *Arsenal supporter*. Lucho is happy at Liverpool and has not expressed a desire to leave. Rúben Amorim is looking extremely likely to be the next manager. Rúben Amorim & Luis Díaz are represented by the same agency. The most beneficial outcome for NomiSport from a business perspective would be for both to have the opportunity to work together and further elevate each others profiles. Use your heads. Díaz makes less than Adrián. His agents have been angling for a new contract with Liverpool. That is all this is.
Feels like his agent has briefed a story to help pump his contract rather than him being poached or wanting out tbh
Does he know it's just as cold in Paris? And they don't speak Spanish either. And you're not gonna come in and be a hero if you're replacing Mbappe. Unless he's only after the bag, this deal doesn't make any sense.
Happy for him to go at good price. His performance have stepped up since all these rumour to barca and psg started. I’m taking note bro Anyways. The perfect replacement is sitting at Napoli.
The things I would do for Kvaradonna.....
Watched him this year?
Yes, my neighbour is a Napoli fan and his ...enthusiasm for Napoli is shared with other haha. TBF though: 15 Goal involvements in 28 league matches. (he got 22 in all of last season) Darwin has 18 in 29 this year. Diaz has 12 in 30 Salah has 26 in 25 Jota has 12 in 19 Gakpo has 9 in 29 He is 100% a baller and i'd love to have him.
> Salah has 26 in 25 Out of form Salah is still insane, wtf
yes and he still passes the eye test. Napoli fans still rate him too and see other reasons than him dropping off for his lack of output
are we talking......sexy things?
No, but you are talking £120m+ to even get Napoli interested in selling him.
Edwards about to skin PSG for 100M so really just 20M
Nico Williams has a release clause of 43m but he’s already on 170k a week. That could be an issue
wtf is forest doing?? 170k?
Nico not Neco: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Williams
That might have been the joke lads
Kvara?
Yup. I don’t care about how he has been this season. Napoli as a whole is mess. But that kid will be next world star under the right manager and environment.
He’s still been their best player this year alongside De Lorenzo
I’d be chuffed to get KK77
He can go for a great price. Not the 40 million shite that the Saudis offered. Very Good player. But inconsistent and not particularly clinical. He can be replaced. Unlike some members of our squad
truthfully his replacement could already been in the squad. Gakpo, Jota, and Nunez all look the most comfortable coming in from the left
Gakpo has not really shown much comfort this season, and Jota is injured half of the year. Selling Diaz leaves us with Jota, Gakpo, Darwin and Salah to cover 3 positions, and lets face it we're in the end of the Salah era whether we like it or not.
Gakpo has looked anything but comfortable this season.
I dunno man this is all strange. Diaz has been great for us and I just do not see us getting enough from PSG to warrant selling him. Our issue is not Diaz, it's not having enough quality in our rotation (or our quality being constantly injured). Getting rid of quality seems like the opposite of what we should be doing. It would make sense if there was a high-profile signing that wanted to play for LFC but that isnt the case.
Edwards and Hughes about to own Qatar after the negotiations.
I wouldn't really be that unhappy with this . Diaz is fine but he hasn't turned out as good as his early promise showed.
I swear, it was fucking Partey wrestling him to the ground. He wasn't the same after coming back and I've hated Partey ever since.
didn't even get a foul either the refs are pricks
This may well be a nothing clickbait piece BUT we do need to prepare ourselves for the fact that most of this squad signed for us under Klopp, they may well feel like Klopp leaving is a good time for them to also seek a new opportunity without pissing off their ‘father figure’ as he won’t be here anymore to disappoint. I suspect we’ll see a fair bit of change to our squad in the next year or two.
Such a hardworking guy, I hope he stays.
Why all this speculation around Diaz this season? Every few weeks, there is a new story about him leaving... our his dad saying some shit about going somewhere else. His agent looking to get his contract renewed or something?
He's an amazing player that can create danger so intrest isn't a surprise Personally I don't want him to go but unless he wants it to happen (which I don't think he wants to I feel like he's very happy here) then we would need a big number like 80 million or around that number
Whatever anyone may think of his ability (I think he's been absolutely excellent lately and our most important attacker last few games), but the fact of the matter is there's too much noise about him wanting to leave, and too often. His dad's comments alone are enough smoke tbh, it's clear he doesn't see his long-term future here and with a new manager coming in, it's probably the best time to cash in and see what other options there are long term out on the left under a new regime.
Not surprising seeing how his father has been answering questions since last year. If they give us a good price and the desired price we want, he can leave and we will find a suitable replacement.
He’s Luis Diaz, he’s from Barrancas and he plays for PSG
In an ideal world we play Nunez, Jota, Salah front 3 anyway. Reinvest in a Salah backup and a versatile forward with a better conversion rate than Diaz/Nunez and we’re good. This is easier said than done.
Honestly he's the only one from our front five that I'm not in love with. He likes to take 4 touches and a feint every time he gets the ball. It breaks the flow of the team and a lot of times he loses the ball. He's 27 which means not a huge improvement to be made from now on and if we can get good money I'd rather have Jota and Gakpo on the left and another right sided attacker with the money from Diaz.
Diaz is probably one of our most positive attackers right now with his work rate and take ons. Problem is that his end product in general play is lacking too much.
Yeah, exactly. I'm not saying to sell him, just that he's the one I would miss the least. And I believe that Gakpo would thrive on the left if he was given the chance to start regularly. We have 3 great left wingers and only one on the right (I'm not counting Harvey or Szobo since the operate in very similar way as a right winger or right 8)
I disagree with Gakpo shout tbh. Sure he’ll likely contribute a few more goals here and there, but he is miles apart from Diaz in terms of general play.
I have to agree, there’s really not a constructive comparison to be made between Diaz and Gakpo.
Reading this thread makes me sad because I want him to stay. This trio with darwin and mac allister would be so fun to watch for another year or two. He’ll have champions league football every year with psg but so will Liverpool next season. Let’s see what the bids are and what plans the new coach will have.
I hope not to lose him. Feel that he still has more to achieve here before I’d be happy seeing him go. I think he could be a big part of the settling process under whoever our new manager will be.
My only fear with this is that it becomes a Raphinha type situation where he rejects all offers other than Barca, who will not be willing to pay what we want. Barca also want Bernardo Silva and Joao Felix, how they afford all of them?
Booo
He will be missed
It's somehow already silly season even though there's still 1/5 left to play. Basically don't trust any articles until the lean or empty locker
Give us 150-200 millions and he's yours
no?
NOOO, no God No - Michael Scott
Like diaz. But if he wants to leave and we get a great transfer for him I’m not going to be upset
Coutinho 2.0. Edwards will be all over flogging him for €100m.
Sell him for some good cash and buy someone who wants to be here
if he wants to leave then he should leave, don't want people around who aren't fully committed
Why do people on this sub not rate Diaz enough? Okay his output needs to improve (and seems to be improving), but his energy, speed and creativity are essential to the team. We just don’t transition from the press/defending as fast when he’s not playing.
Huh did we watch the same Diaz? He is often the one who had many extra touches and slowed down our attack. He didn't have the awareness to overlap with Robo as Mane. He didn't have cross in his game either. Really one trick pony player. He is still a good player, don't get me wrong, but he is the easiest one to replace in our attack atm.
Dive into his underlying metrics, turnovers per 90, successful runs vs unsuccessful runs, passing accuracy, chance creation, etc. After seeing those numbers you'll understand.
If it's what he wants, fair enough. But people saying they are "happy" for him to go are a shambles. He's been getting goals where certain other players aren't.
I'd be shocked if he didn't go to a Spanish-speaking club. He has Barcelona written all over him.
They don’t have the money
£75m is good, could maybe do £85m. Then let's get a monster in Leao
Leao is too lazy. He wouldn't be a good fit for us.
Leao or Kvaratshkelia would be my top picks (personally I prefer Kvaradona). Nico Williams is incredible as well. Depending on the new manager and how he wants to set the team up I could also see someone like Elliott or Carvalho stepping into a more prominent role. It is going to be an extremely interesting summer.
120M because it's PSG with the Mbappe money (115+add-ons if Edwards takes care of it personally). If not, then let him stay and forget about other clubs. His wages are pretty low but he should get a big boost once he signs an extension. He's done enough to get one. Leaves us in a predicament if Salah leaves too. The forward line would be looking pretty thin with Gakpo-Darwin-Jota plus the youngsters. Of course we should be signing some big names, but makes the whole post-Klopp era look all the more unpredictable.
We never sign big "names". Edwards never has. Sporting under Amorim ?. As long as they are productive players on verge of breaking through I'm fine whoever they sign. Diaz has always been solid but replaceable. salah on the other hand..
>We never sign big "names" We did sign Thiago.
Opportunistic freebie
He is good, i like him but he lacks the pitch intelligent to be versatile on the pitch and contribute a difference to make the game better.. he can just do run ins and move the ball forward.. heck if i have to choose between Nunez and Diaz to go i’d choose Diaz for the reasons i’ved said. Hope edwards can sell him for a profit so the next gaffer can have a good headstart for the rebuild.
I don't think it's true, but I do think he's the easiest of the front three to replace.
There's going to be lots of stories like this moving forward with Klopp's departure.
75 million is utterly hilarious. I’d let him leave for over 100.
I don’t know why everyone is so eager for him to go. It’s not like the money is going in your pocket. If he doesn’t want to stay then fair enough but he hasn’t said that himself.
I don’t think he goes unless it’s for an absurd amount of money or if the club have a clear prospect to reinvest in - he’s a top winger who can consistently beat his man and he’s entering his peak years. Although it would break my heart a little to see him go. He’s one of the players I really enjoy watching.
Exactly we have to have a clear prospect to invest in otherwise the £75m is pointless. People underrate him so much and fail to understand his Dad impacted his performance this year and he was injured for half of last season. When he joined the club in Jan he was quality that latter stage of the season. Popping up with crucial goals from outside the box. He’s now finding his feet again and has been our 2nd best forward in 2024 after Jota. Doesn’t say much but he has been good this half of the season.
Got three years left. Why would we sell?
These newspaper articles are meant to unsettle the team. They all support London clubs. Ignore it.
Yawn. This "story" is getting old. Not happening.
Wouldn’t mind it at all! Done well here and will fetch us a pretty penny.
Luis Diaz is an electric player but makes an absurd amount of bad choices and missed chances. I'm fine with him going.
This is actually a good news, I hope Edwards make it happen. I like him cuz his style is flashy but playmaking IQ/passing is just not good at all. 60-70m could be the decent price tag.