Daniel Levy “did the whole lot he ought to” to signal Luis Diaz for Tottenham Hotspur this January, but a report has discovered why Liverpool beat them to the transfer.
It turned into a hectic cease to the transfer window for Tottenham; they signed Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski in a double deal from Juventus. They should have had every other new face, even though, had that they had their way with Luis Diaz.
Tottenham were in talks for the Colombian attacker. But he subsequently joined Liverpool alternatively.
Diaz is now competing for an area inside the Liverpool frontline along the likes of Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and others.
But he might have been sporting the Tottenham shirt as a substitute after a document shed mild on how close Spurs were to the switch.
According to The Athletic, Tottenham located agreements with each Diaz and his former membership Porto to sign him. That got here before he headed off for worldwide responsibility, although, and then there has been a twist.
While Diaz changed into away, one of his Colombian retailers efficiently vetoed the pass. That turned into due to the fact Porto gave Jorge Mendes a mandate to supervise the Spurs switch; Diaz’s representative objected.
Meanwhile, Liverpool – who had been in the beginning lining up Diaz for the summer time – took their chance to swoop in. They did no longer use Mendes as an middleman.
Upon Diaz’s arrival at Anfield, Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp defined how he could simplest signal players in January if they are ones who the membership would be interested by for the duration of the summer time – and Diaz in shape in with that strategy.
Klopp’s presence, incidentally, became a aspect in convincing Diaz to sign up for Liverpool. Furthermore, the truth they have got Champions League football and Tottenham do no longer helped.
