It’s not so much a question of how you improve upon arguably the best group of attacking players in European football – but why, when you already know that the four of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota will not go into three, is it absolutely necessary to spend £37m on a fifth?
There were, in reality, quite a few good reasons why it made sense for Liverpool to sign Luis Diaz when they did. Most of all, there was the threat of being gazumped rather than doing the gazumping, but the age profiles and contractual situations of Salah, Mane and Firmino made another forward a necessity anyway, sooner or later at least. It’s not as if any supporters were turning their nose up at the sudden news of Diaz’s arrival either.
