A report has given an intriguing reason as to why Luis Diaz is on the verge of joining Liverpool in place of Tottenham.
The Porto attacker has lengthy been on Liverpool’s radar as they attempt to discover successors for Mo Salah and Sadio Mane. However, Tottenham leader Fabio Paratici set to work on a capacity deal taking Diaz to north London in advance this week.
Spurs were willing to pay an initial £37million, plus £9m in add-ons, to signal the Colombia global. But Liverpool soon raced in to grab him from their hold close.
According to switch guru Fabrizio Romano, the Reds submitted a bid well worth €40m (£33.2m) plus €25m (£20.7m) in bonuses on Friday.
That seems set to be sufficient as Liverpool are actually discussing the finer information with Porto. Diaz is preparing to pen a five-12 months contract with the Anfield club.
In reaction, Tottenham have made a £100,000 bid for Lewes winger Ollie Tanner, who performs inside the seventh tier of English soccer.
They have also set their attractions on Juventus extensive man Dejan Kulusevski, with membership chairman Daniel Levy in full-blown ‘panic mode’.
Sport Witness, mentioning Portuguese newspaper Record, try to provide an explanation for why Diaz will link up with Jurgen Klopp, rather than Antonio Conte.
They claim the involvement of renowned agent Jorge Mendes brought on problems, and specially ‘friction’ with every other consultant.
Mendes gave Paratici the concept of touchdown Diaz from Porto. But the Portuguese club had already surpassed the goalscorer’s agent, Raul Costa, the ‘mandate’ to complete a cope with an English club.
