Barcelona is not going to be unchallenged of their potential summer time switch push for Liverpool star Luis Diaz.
Liverpool are cruising alongside to the Premier League title in Arne Slot’s first season on Merseyside however his squad image stays unclear for 2025/26.
With Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah all nonetheless non-committal over contract extensions, the Dutch coach has positioned his plans on maintain.
As soon as choices are made on the trio, Slot may have a firmer thought on who he can depend on, with Darwin Nunez additionally tipped to depart.
If Salah does transfer on, that chilly bolster his resolve to maintain Diaz at Anfield, regardless of Barcelona’s long-standing curiosity within the Colombian.
Liverpool are pleased with Diaz and eager to maintain him on the membership, however they’ve but to achieve an settlement over a brand new contract, together with his present deal on Merseyside expiring in 2027.
It signifies that if Liverpool resolve to promote Diaz, this summer time is their closing likelihood to take action earlier than going through the prospect of accepting a decreased charge in 2026, or shedding him without spending a dime in a worst-case situation in 2027.
In line with studies from switch guru ,
Romano claims Diaz was already the topic of approaches final summer time from the Saudi Professional League and Liverpool’s arch rivals Manchester Metropolis.
Hyperlinks to Saudi Arabia stay in place, however Diaz prefers to stay in Europe,
Nevertheless, as per a contemporary replace from , Mikel Arteta is contemplating a daring supply for Diaz at Arsenal – regardless of being Liverpool’s closest title challengers this season.
Arteta is worried over ongoing harm points and objective numbers in his present attacking choices, and the versatile Diaz would remedy that, with the previous Porto winger already matching his objective complete of 13 from 2023/24.