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Ryan Paton

Liverpool FC Luis Diaz's girlfriend Gera Ponce's degree, family and night in Paris

Liverpool FC's latest signing Luis Diaz could be in line to make his debut today.

The Reds splashed out £37.5m to prise the Colombian away from FC Porto in the January transfer window.

Jurgen Klopp's side face Cardiff in the FA Cup fourth round at Anfield this lunchtime - and the winger is expected to play some part with Sadio Mane and Mohammed Salah still away at the African Cup of Nations.

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The 25-year-old has also recently been on International duty - and completed his medical before Colombia faced off against Argentina in a World Cup qualifier last week.

Diaz arrived at the AXA training centre on Friday and he shared snaps of his trip to Merseyside alongside long-time girlfriend Gera Ponce.

The couple are have been together since April 2016 and welcomed their first child into the world named Roma last year.

Gera regularly posts updates from their happy family life with her 126k Instagram followers.

According to The Daily Star, she hails from La Guajira in Colombia and holds bachelors degree in economics from a local university.

Diaz moved to FC Porto in 2019 and Gera made the move to Europe alongside her partner.

Before they travelled to Liverpool, the family stopped for a night in Paris and posted snaps in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Excited fans flooded the comments to welcome them to Liverpool Football Club.

Mo said: "Welcome to Liverpool"

Sai added: "Welcome to Liverpool Football Club"

@liverpoolgoals commented : "Welcome to Liverpool. YNWA."

Ivo posted: "Welcome to Liverpool Football Club. Welcome to the City of Liverpool."

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