Barcelona won’t be unchallenged of their potential summer season 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 selections are made on the trio, Slot can have a firmer thought on who he can depend on, with Darwin Nunez additionally tipped to go away.
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 succeed in an settlement over a brand new contract, together with his present deal on Merseyside expiring in 2027.
It implies that if Liverpool resolve to promote Diaz, this summer season is their ultimate likelihood to take action earlier than going through the prospect of accepting a lowered payment in 2026, or dropping him free of charge in a worst-case situation in 2027.
In keeping with stories from switch guru Fabrizio Romano, Diaz has a ‘concrete chance’ of leaving Liverpool this summer season.
Romano claims Diaz was already the topic of approaches final summer season 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, with earlier hints from his camp at an ambition to play for Barcelona.
Nonetheless, as per a contemporary replace from Teamtalk.com, Mikel Arteta is contemplating a daring provide for Diaz at Arsenal – regardless of being Liverpool’s closest title challengers this season.
Arteta is anxious over ongoing harm points and purpose numbers in his present attacking choices, and the versatile Diaz would remedy that, with the previous Porto winger already matching his purpose complete of 13 from 2023/24.