Top Club Will Sell a Star player to Pay for High-Profile Transfer, Leaving Opponents to Make Difficult Choices

Liverpool may well have been envisaging a relatively quiet transfer window, with so much change going on in other areas of the club. But that doesn’t stop the rumor mill from turning, and Luis Díaz is the latest to be linked with a transfer.

Barcelona has been mentioned as the primary suitor. It’s unclear whether it would be able to stump up the funds, but AS (via Paisley Gates) recently became the latest to claim that there is significant interest in bringing Díaz to Catalonia. Selling Raphinha could reportedly generate much of the required transfer kitty.

Sporting director Deco is said to ‘dream’ of signing Díaz. The player’s father has also previously mentioned Real Madrid as an attractive destination, while PSG will be on the lookout for someone to fill the void left by Kylian Mbappé — but it’s Barcelona being linked most persistently at present.