On Thursday, Mundo Deportivo reported Luis Díaz wants to leave Anfield as he doesn’t feel valued at Liverpool.
Barcelona are keen on the 28-year-old and last week, claims from the UK stated the Reds rejected their approach as they have no plans to sell him.
Liverpool have softened their stance as Friday’s edition of Sport explains they are open to negotiating for the forward.
The Reds have been working on signing Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz in a deal worth over €130m and want to bring in another attacker.
This would restrict Díaz’s minutes and role in Liverpool’s new project and they are willing to sell him if there’s a convincng offer. The Colombia international only wants to join the La Liga winners, who have made him their priority target.
Sport state: ‘A few weeks ago, there was some uncertainty in this case, but now everything indicates that the Blaugrana club will be able to complete the transfer this June or early July.’
‘There’s an understanding’ between Díaz and Barcelona. This is very important as they don’t have to worry about competition and can focus on negotiations with Liverpool.
The Catalan media have repeatedly insisted Barca are unwilling to match the €80m fee requested by Arne Slot’s side. Sport report the South American has a ‘commitment and promise’ from Liverpool that he can go for a fee slightly higher than €60m.
There’s no mention or indication if the two clubs have started negotiations. Despite this, the newspaper states Barcelona are convinced of acquiring Díaz’s signature and believe an ‘agreement can be reached sooner rather than later’.
El Chiringuito report the move to Barcelona is ‘hot’, but the club don’t want to pay more than €60m.
Journalist Jose Alvarez Haya covered this report and AS relay his comments.
“Luis Díaz remains Barça’s first option. They have set a deadline for the difficult negotiations with Liverpool, both in terms of time and money [not going beyond €60m]. There’s complete harmony with the Colombian. If he doesn’t leave, another option that Flick really likes is [Marcus] Rashford,” he said.
