Luis Diaz has opened up on his first conversation with Jurgen Klopp before his move to Liverpool. The Reds signed Diaz from Porto in a £49million deal in the closing stages of the January transfer window.
So far the 25-year-old has one goal to his name in a Liverpool shirt, and he has shown himself to be a solid signing for the Reds since his arrival. Ahead of Liverpool’s clash against Brighton in the Premier League, Diaz has revealed what Klopp said to him before he agreed to move to Anfield.
“Yes, I had the opportunity before to talk a little bit with the manager,” Diaz told BT Sport. “He gave me his opinion about how I was as a player and as a person.
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“It wasn’t a lot, because there wasn’t much time to talk to each other, so there was always that little by contact, but he always insisted that I should come here.”
Diaz also spoke about his enjoyment of playing and training alongside Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. The Colombia international says the Reds duo do “spectacular things”, as he aims to improve on his understanding with his relatively new team-mates.
“Yes, for me it’s a pleasure to be alongside them, to share a dressing room,” said Diaz. “It’s incredible to learn every day, I think they do spectacular things.
“I think that from now on we will continue to understand each other in the best way possible.”
Coming from the Portuguese league, Diaz has explained how “drastic” the difference has been since he signed for Liverpool. Diaz also gave his thoughts on the impression he has of Liverpool and the club from the time he’s been on Merseyside.
"I think the impression I've been given from when I first arrived was, let's say, easy, but it's not like everybody thinks,” said Diaz. “It's been a bit difficult because of the issues of being new, getting to know your teammates and the coaching staff.
Diaz continued: "The change has been drastic. I will always try to learn as much as I can, because I know that I'm at a time and a stage in my career where I can't settle and want to keep growing as much as possible with what I've been doing."
