{"id":4900,"date":"2022-01-06T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/06\/liverpools-stance-on-luis-diaz-transfer-confirmed-amid-origi-exit-links\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:01:18","slug":"liverpools-stance-on-luis-diaz-transfer-confirmed-amid-origi-exit-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/06\/liverpools-stance-on-luis-diaz-transfer-confirmed-amid-origi-exit-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&rsquo;s stance on Luis Diaz transfer confirmed amid Origi exit links"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>The latest on Luis Diaz<\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool are crying out for another forward, as they look to find suitable cover for their current frontline. At present, backup options (when fit) include Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi and Takumi Minamino, while Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliot have also both been trialled in the wide areas.<\/p>\n<p>Safe to say, however, that they could do better, especially when the drop off from Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota is so large.<\/p>\n<p>Step forward, Luis Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>The Porto man has reportedly been on Liverpool\u2019s radar for some time, and has enjoyed a productive campaign to date, providing 12 goals and 4 assists in 15 Liga Portugal games, as well as finding the net twice in 6 Champions League group games.<\/p>\n<p>And now, as per The Daily Mail, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/premierleague\/17229403\/liverpool-luis-diaz-transfer-porto-salah-mane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>, Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side are \u201cclosing in\u201d on a deal for the Colombian wide man, with a 60 million fee being touted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liverpool are \u2018closing in on \u00a360m deal for Porto star Luis Diaz\u2019 with the Colombian \u2018seen as an ideal replacement for Mo Salah and Sadio Mane\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/du2h4FAihB\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/du2h4FAihB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailSport\/status\/1479029994756186112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, given recent lack of spending, and the fact that the January transfer window is notoriously hard to do business in, it is hard to see this report having legs to it, even if the interest from Merseyside is true.<\/p>\n<p>And this has since been confirmed by the reliable James Pearce, who reveals that:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[The] Porto attacker is highly-rated but not on the agenda currently. Asking price (\u00a360m plus) is too high for someone who would be back-up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Includes a few details on reported <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a> interest in Luis Diaz. Porto attacker is highly-rated but not on the agenda currently. Asking price (\u00a360m plus) is too high for someone who would be back-up.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0oPRlNqYKR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/0oPRlNqYKR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPearceLFC\/status\/1479076089049882628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Divock Origi departing?<\/h2>\n<p>However, news of a potential Divock Origi departure may fan those flames further.<\/p>\n<p>As per local Italian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lazionews24.com\/mercato-lazio-per-lattacco-spunta-la-clamorosa-pista-origi-i-dettagli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lazio News<\/a>, Mauricio Sarri\u2019s side are in talks with the Belgian forward, who has just six months left to run on his current contract at Anfield, and there has been little sign of an extension forthcoming.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1036121\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1036121\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1036121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1147614465.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool\u2019s stance on Luis Diaz transfer confirmed amid Origi exit links\" width=\"1024\" height=\"833\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1036121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2nd June 2019, Liverpool, Merseyside; Liverpool FC celebration parade after their Champions League final win over Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid on 1st June; Divock Origi of Liverpool smiles as he boards the team\u2019s open top bus (photo by David Blunsden\/Action Plus via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, according to the report, Liverpool are keen to receive some sort of a fee for their cult hero, which could see him moved on in January.<\/p>\n<p>Should that prove the case, with both Salah and Mane away on International duty, a new forward could be needed to strengthen their threadbare frontline.<\/p>\n<p>Who could they look to bring in?<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"page-top-info col-xs-12 \">\n<h3 id=\"breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/chelsea-vs-chesterfield-betting-tips-fa-cup-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Chelsea vs Chesterfield betting tips: FA Cup preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"advertiser-disclosure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/tottenham-and-arsenal-set-to-do-transfer-battle-over-another-defender\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Tottenham and Arsenal set to do transfer battle over another defender<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"col-md-9 col-sm-8\">\n<div class=\"inside-post\">\n<div id=\"social-share\">\n<div class=\"cj-social-share\" data-post-id=\"1634103\">\n<div class=\"primary-share\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest on Luis Diaz Liverpool are crying out for another forward, as they look to find suitable cover for their current frontline. At present, backup options (when fit) include Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi and Takumi Minamino, while Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliot have also both been trialled in the wide areas. Safe to say, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-4900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}