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Liverpool star Luis Diaz has been strongly mentioned in recent months to leave the club, and Barcelona has not been his only choice.
This situation is due to an impasse in contract negotiations, but a recent change could now unlock these talks.
Diaz joined Liverpool from Porto for 53 million euros in January 2022 and helped the Reds reach the Champions League final in its first season. At 28 years old now, and with only two years remaining on the initial contract he signed, he is probably faced with his last major contract. Liverpool is also faced with the choice of entrusting it to him or seeking to sell the Colombian star.
If they fail to conclude a new agreement, it seems more than likely that Liverpool would accept offers for Diaz, so as not to lower its value if it reaches the last year of its contract. In Colombia, media indicated that Barcelona would be his privileged destination and that he would be interested in a transfer. The sports director Blaugrana, Deco, apparently sees him as the ideal option for the left side of the Barcelona attack.
Luis Diaz, the jackpot who closes the door
However, Sport explains that Liverpool has received a boost in his hopes to keep him. Liverpool recently concluded an agreement with Adidas to become his main sponsor from next season, a change that could impact negotiations with Diaz. The Colombian international is one of their figures in Latin America, and the Catalan daily newspaper in Colombia evokes this change as a factor of relaunching negotiations between Liverpool and Diaz.
If Diaz was to join Barcelona, Adidas would see one of his big star brands wearing a Nike jersey twice a week. Sponsors can often have an influence on transfer transactions, as shown in the passage of James Rodriguez to Rayo Vallecano: the Colombian salary was largely funded by specific agreements with Colombian brands during his stay in Vallecas.
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