“I am very happy in Liverpool, I have always said it. If Liverpool offers me a good extension or if I have to honor my two -year contract, I will be happy. It all depends on them. I am here to decide and see what is best for us and for the future ”. Pyromanian firefighter, Luis Diaz? The 28 -year -old Colombian winger knew very well what he was doing by suggesting that his future was in discussion and that he let his representatives chat with other clubs. Because for weeks, or even months now, his name is regularly cited in transfers rumors.
The FC Barcelona has a time erected as a priority of recruitment. Amazing for a club that does not have much room for maneuver, since Luis Diaz is anything but a good financial deal. He is still linked until 2027 with Liverpool and has just released his best season in terms of statistics, with 13 goals and 7 assists in the Premier League. A major elevation of the eleven of Arne Slot, he evolved at the three positions of the attack, regularly carrying out the role of false number 9. The Reds never expressed the wish to see him leave, quite the contrary. And even less with the awful news of the disappearance of Diogo Jota.
Liverpool does not move an ear
However, rumors intensified during the month of June. After Barça, Bayern Munich contacted the English leaders to know the player's availability. Finally a great transfer window. Luis Diaz actually feels good in Liverpool, but after 3 and a half years spent in Anfield, he desperately awaits a salary revaluation that did not come. While Salah or Van Dijk had the honor of an increase, he understood that his leaders were not particularly in a hurry to renegotiate his contract, built in January 2022, while he landed from Porto.
This long contract signed then plays tricks on him and encourages him to agitate, in an unofficial manner, the threat of a departure. This does not seem to worry, for the moment, besides the management of the Reds, delighted to have a major player still two years under contract, with a controlled salary (€ 3.5 million per year, against more than 20 M € per year for Salah and Van Dijk, the 15th salary of the workforce). There is no question of letting him go, apart from a mini -ray offer that few clubs are able to let go. Surely not Barça anyway. At the end of his current contract, Luis Diaz will be 30 years old. An age when it is never easy to negotiate a better salary with Liverpool.
