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Dave Powell

How Liverpool saved £18m on Luis Diaz in deal Porto insider thought was 'impossible'

From bid to conclusion, Liverpool didn't mess around when it came to getting Luis Diaz signed.

A few short days ago it was widely anticipated that Liverpool wouldn't be making any moves in the market before the January transfer window closed, and certainly there weren't too many that would have called them landing their number one summer transfer target.

But Luis Diaz is a Liverpool player. A player who the club believe can follow the same kind of trajectory as Mohamed Salah and become a world class performer for years to come, the Colombian arrives at what looks like a snip in the current climate, with a deal of £37.5m concluded, one that will rise as high as £49m should a number of add-ons kick in.

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