The arrival of Luis Fernando Díaz to Liverpool caused a stir in England. This move, for 37.5 million pounds sterling plus 12.5 in variables, it was the most expensive in the Premier League in the winter market. The Colombian will strengthen a top-level attack led by Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané, perhaps his most direct competition.
Lucho, with 16 goals in Porto during the first part of the season, was close to signing with Tottenham days before doing it with Liverpool. The London team negotiated for several weeks with the Portuguese and almost took it. The negotiation fell apart when the Reds offered more money, recorded an advance and they convinced the player himself with a call from Jürgen Klopp directly to Barranquilla.
The English press catalogs Liverpool’s play as one of the most outstanding in recent years, They say that Tottenham made a fool of himself by allowing himself to be ‘robbed’ by the winger in a couple of days. Given this, Fabio Paratici, general manager of the Spurs, came out to defend the club and explained his point of view on the situation.
“It is normal that we are in the middle of this type of rumors and it is also normal when you start the race and fight to sign great players. We are a big club, there are 10 or 12 big teams in the world, so it’s normal when you compete and fight to sign a big player,” Paratici told Spurs TV.
In addition to losing Diaz at the close of the market, Tottenham also failed with the arrival of Adama Traoré del Wolverhampton. The Spanish footballer ended up arriving at Barcelona. They are two blows that affect the plans of coach Antonio Conte, who had them as key pieces for his project.
“Sometimes you win as happened with Romero in the summer and sometimes you can lose the race like this time. I think the worst and the strangest thing is not being in that race (…) We have to be committed and, as I said before, be in the race when there is someone good enough for us, “added the Italian manager.
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