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Ian Doyle

Inside the emergency Liverpool transfer talks that stopped Luis Diaz joining Tottenham

Pep Lijnders has revealed he was forced to interrupt a skiing holiday to help persuade Luis Diaz to join Liverpool.

The Reds were compelled to make their move for long-time target Diaz shortly before the January transfer window closed after Tottenham Hotspur expressed an interest in signing the Porto winger.

Liverpool assistant manager Lijnders was on a trip away during the mid-winter break when he received a call urging him to join Jurgen Klopp in selling their vision to the Colombia international.

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