Porto striker Luis Diaz scored another important goal at the weekend, proving his importance in the club’s campaign for a potential league title, and once again opened the debate regarding a sale.
Newspaper A Bola today features a story about the dilemma lived by the Dragons, as his transfer could give them a big amount of money in the middle of the season, but could also harm any chances of a successful year.
Liverpool have been named as one of the big candidates to take Diaz from Porto in January, and once again, they’re said to be one of the options for the winger.
A Bola writes that the Reds are one of the clubs who seem wiling to pay big for his transfer this month, and that’s one of the factors which puts Dragons president Pinto da Costa ‘between the sword and the wall’.
Porto manager Sério Conceição made public this weekend his wish to count on Diaz until the end of the season, but also made it clear that in case a club shows up paying his release clause, there’s nothing they can do.
Liverpool have been linked to the player for a while now, with things heating up in the last couple of weeks, when it was claimed they could afford to spend over €70m on the signing. That’s quite close to the €80m release clause, and a big threat to the Portuguese side.
A Bola report Diaz’s price goes up this week ‘and the sharks from England don’t only salivate with what they see on the pitch’. The Colombian now has 15 goals and six assists this season.
