Luis Diaz: Liverpool makes a late blow for the Porto winger sought by Tottenham |Football news

Liverpool is in pole position to sign Luis Diaz after having made a late blow for the Porto winger of 45 million pounds sterling, that Tottenham is also in talks to buy.

The Colombian international was the first choice of manager Jurgen Klopp for the summer transfer window, but Liverpool accelerated his plans due to the lively interest of the Spurs.

Liverpool would offer an initial amount of 37 million pounds sterling, with bonuses included in the agreement that will only be triggered if Diaz becomes great success in Anfield.

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Sky Sports Nouvelles was informed that Liverpool had sent a team to Argentina, in anticipation of doing a medical examination.

Diaz should participate in Colombia's qualification match for the World Cup against Peru on Friday evening, before going to Argentina for the second qualification match on Tuesday.

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Tottenham was locked in talks with Porto about Diaz this week, the Premier League club being ready to pay up to 46 million pounds Sterling.

Sources in Portugal suggest that spurs are ready to offer 37.6 million pounds sterling in Diaz, with 8.4 million additional pounds in additional modules related to performance.

Diaz, who signed the Colombian Junior team for Porto in 2019, has 16 goals and six assists in 28 games for the Portuguese team this season.

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Mail Luiz would be another blow for the Spurs this month, after the rupture of the agreement with the winger of the Wolves Adama Traoré, who now seems ready to return to Barcelona on loan.

Spurs want to make at least one signature this month, and according to Ciel in Italy, they are also in talks to sign the Moroccan midfielder Sofyan Amrabat de la Fiorentina on loan, with a purchase option of 16 millioneuros during discussion.

They could do more business if they are able to unload Dele Alli, Tanguy Ndombele or Giovani Lo Celso.

Paris Saint-Germain approaches an agreement to sign Ndombele on loan from Spurs, with a purchase option.

Analysis: Liverpool considers this to be an excellent deal

Sky Sports journalist, Vinny O’Connor:

"Obviously, it is far from being done and it could easily do nothing.

"However, Liverpool considers this to be an excellent deal if it is concluded - very close to the costs of the Diogo Jota type.In addition, it is a much better value for money than the initial requested price of 60 million euros.

"Diaz was Jurgen Klopp's first choice for the summer, but they advanced these plans because it was clear that if Liverpool did not act in this window, the player would pass for something else.

"It is not done and could still collapse - the player is in South America with his national team, so he will be far from being simple to conclude the case.

"However, if this is done, it's a big blow for Julian Ward, who is to succeed sports director Michael Edwards this summer.It was an agreement in which Ward led for the first time, but it is just to say that it was strongly supported by Edwards who developed the strategy to secure the player this month.»»

What would Diaz bring to Liverpool?

A quick glance at its title statistics in the Portuguese Liga Primeira this season suggests that the 25 -year -old offers a serious threat of goal - but also offers much more.

The winger ranks first for goals, shots and keys in the opposing surface and is part of the elite for having regained possession of the ball in the last third, created opportunities, attempted fast breaks, jumpsair, dribbles and passes in the offensive third party.

The radar graph below puts these forces in perspective, the Colombian international striking the outside edge through a series of attack measures-which represents the 5% of the best wingers of the best European leagues.

The cards below reduce his threat of goal for the apparitions in the Champions League in the last two seasons and reveal that Diaz is the most powerful of his favorite left channel, frequently creating chances for his teammates with diagonals in the surface.

In addition to scoring goals, its most striking attribute is participation in the global game, with numbers of superior passes to the average in the last third-but the graph below suggests that Diaz also comes back to support the team.

By visualizing its goal and its medium of passes, Diaz emerges from an elite selection of players in the best European leagues, with eating returns with Karim Benzema and Mohamed Salah.

His thermal card below emphasizes his pace of work with concentrations of activity in his defensive half, while his ability to recover possession at the top of the field would certainly suit a high pressure style.

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