Jurgen Klopp has revealed how Pep Lijnders and Vitor Matos were the catalyst behind Liverpool's £49million capture of Luis Diaz.
And the Reds boss has not ruled out handing the new signing an instant debut in Sunday's FA Cup fourth round visit of Championship side Cardiff City.
Liverpool swooped for proposed summer signing Diaz last week after it emerged Tottenham Hotspur were closing on a deal to sign the 25-year-old ahead of the January transfer deadline.