Barcelona wanted to sign Luis Díaz: Joan Laporta revealed that there was dialogue for the Colombian striker

Due to his work with the Porto shirt, Luis Díaz was targeted by several important clubs in Europe. Among this was Barcelona, ​​but the striker anchored in Liverpool. Regarding the interest of the Catalans, it was Joan Laporta, the president of the club, who was in charge of providing all the details of the operation that did not take place.

To contextualise, the head of the Catalans came to the institution with the purpose of fixing the serious economic problems and, at the same time, giving Xavi Hernández enough weapons to fight on all fronts. So, ‘Lucho’ Díaz appeared as one of the great alternatives.

However, the financial matter made the difference, in addition, the ‘Reds’ had already been working on the incorporation of the Colombian for some time. “At that time we had just landed at the club and Liverpool was ahead of us, but we were considering his incorporation, but we were in an economic situation that we had to resolve and reverse”said.

Along the same lines, the manager revealed that “Liverpool was ahead of us, but Luis Díaz is a great player and in that sense he belongs to Liverpool and I can’t speak more about this”he pointed out during his participation during an act of the foundation of Barcelona and the United Nations Agency for Refugees that takes place in Colombia.

Laporta reiterated that the club moved and even talked with the winger’s environment to tempt a signing, but the matter did not prosper. “But I recognize that in the past when Luis Díaz went from Porto to Liverpool, we also had a conversation with the representative, but Liverpool already had him moving forward”hill.

Barcelona and the reports of Luis Díaz

The newspaper AS recalled the statements by Francesc Guitart, who is scouting for the Spanish club in Colombia. According to his words, Díaz was followed since he was part of the U-17 team and also during the Junior days.

“Currently I have informed by Luis Díaz and Víctor Cantillo about what I like and what seems possible for Barcelona. Another thing is that the signings arrive. My obligation is to report from the Sub-17. I have been following Luis Díaz since the 2017 South American. In the last year with Junior, the player grew a lot and since then the reports have been more frequent ”counted.