Since the start of 2022 Liverpool have committed as much as £148m on transfers, with £134m of that on players from the Portuguese market.
Luis Diaz's arrival in January for a fee that could rise as high as £49m happened ahead of schedule, with Tottenham Hotspur's interest late in the same window prompting Reds owners Fenway Sports Group to allow the loosening of the purse strings to acquire the Colombian six months early from Porto.
Diaz not only hit the ground running at Anfield but went at it with the speed of an Olympic 100m final, settling into life in the Premier League as if it were the easiest thing in the world, with any suggestions of him needing time to transition from Portugal's Primeira Liga quickly dismissed. His arrival was the shot in the arm Liverpool needed at that time and gave rise to renewed optimism as the season headed into the final straight, his signing sparking excitement at what was to come further down the line for the 25-year-old.
