Liverpool reportedly proposed exchanging for Julian Alvarez when Luis Diaz signalled a want to hitch Man Metropolis final 12 months.
Final summer time, sudden experiences emerged over curiosity between Diaz and Man Metropolis, although sources from each golf equipment rejected the hearsay.
That tune has modified as time has gone on, although, with the Instances‘ Paul Joyce and the Telegraph‘s Chris Bascombe now providing extra particulars of what unfolded final summer time.
It’s reported that Liverpool “realised” Diaz wished to go to Man Metropolis shortly after Michael Edwards, Richard Hughes and Arne Slot started working after the Dutchman’s arrival.
The Colombian was “unsettled” by Metropolis’s curiosity and Liverpool “countered by expressing a liking for” Alvarez.
“The recruitment team proposed Diaz might move to the Etihad in exchange for Alvarez,” Bascombe acknowledged, although Metropolis’s response was that they didn’t promote to rivals.
Subsequently, Liverpool took the identical stance and Diaz was off the desk. He went on to have his finest season for the membership, scoring 17 objectives earlier than shifting to Bayern Munich for £65 million.
Metropolis, alternatively, would promote the Argentine to Atletico Madrid in a deal price £81.5 million, along with his agent Fernando Hidalgo later confirming Liverpool had expressed their curiosity.
Even Atletico Madrid supervisor Diego Simeone name-checked the membership when itemizing those that “want him” earlier this summer time, earlier than Liverpool invested in Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak.
The 25-year-old would have match it properly beneath Slot, however Liverpool didn’t act on their curiosity within the Argentine and as an alternative pursued Florian Wirtz, Ekitike and Isak for his or her overhaul in assault.
