On January 30, Premier League giants Liverpool officially announced that Colombian international winger Luis Díaz, who plays for Porto, has officially joined the team, and the two sides have signed a five-year contract. To get the 25-year-old striker, Liverpool paid a total transfer fee of €60 million, which included a fixed transfer fee of 40 million and a floating bonus of 20 million. Luis Díaz will wear the number 23 shirt, which previously belonged to Swiss international Shakiri and further ahead of Germany midfielder Emrejan.
This result is expected to make Tottenham Hotspur, coached by Conte, very injured, because before this, Spurs were once close to the Colombian international, but in the end Liverpool laughed to the end. However, from the perspective of the timeline, Tottenham Hotspur is the "third party" that is cross-cutting, because the Reds and Porto have basically agreed as early as last summer, Luis Díaz originally planned to join this summer, but Tottenham's pursuit finally made the Reds feel a sense of crisis, in order to avoid the night long dream, they started Luis Dias's joining plan in advance.
Of course, joining early is also a good thing for the Reds, and with Firmino and Mane in a significant decline in form, the arrival of Luis Díaz is crucial for the Reds to maintain a strong attacking ability. At last year's Copa America, the Colombia international scored four goals, tied for top scorer with Messi. Among the four goals, there are both difficult upside-down golden hooks and earth-shattering long-range world waves, and the speed, excellent technology and sharp breakthroughs are impressive. It's worth mentioning that Luis Díaz is capable of both flanks, but his main foot is right-footed, and he is better at completing the inside shot on the left, which is almost the same as dutch legendary winger Robben. This season, he has scored 16 goals for Porto in all competitions, including 10 on his right foot, 3 in his left foot and 3 in his headers.
Porto's decision to sell Luis Díaz was very upset with their manager Conceisson, who is his most trusted striker and an indispensable core of the team's title race. Although Porto have won 17 of the 19 Portuguese Premier League games under his leadership this season, the Portuguese sport behind them is only six points behind. Now that Luis Díaz is gone, it is a bit unacceptable for the Portuguese celebrities, but he can't help it.
However, the arrival of Luis Díaz is not only a reinforcement of Liverpool's forward line, he will also make the Reds add a lot of confidence in the renewal negotiations with Salah. Egypt's Messi demanded a weekly salary of 500,000 pounds, which made it difficult for the Reds top brass to accept, they are not Manchester United who often offer high salaries to players, nor are they rich chelsea and Manchester City, Liverpool's player salary structure has always been known for low wages and high bonuses, although Salah's weekly salary is only 200,000 pounds, but if it is a bonus, his average weekly income is also more than 300,000 pounds, which belongs to the top salary of the Premier League.
In other words, if he gets a weekly salary of £500,000 at Liverpool, his real income will be unparalleled in the Premier League, and this will also attract the imitation of other Players in Liverpool, which is unacceptable to Liverpool. So, once Salah can't complete the renewal of the team before the end of the season, Liverpool is likely to sell him this summer to cash out, and the arrival of Luis Díaz will make Salah's attack power not drop too much even if he leaves the team, which is where their strength lies.