Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has praised the club for a ‘brilliant’ and ‘clinical’ move to hijack Tottenham Hotspur for Luis Diaz.
Tottenham made their move to sign Diaz from Porto in January, failing with a first bid of around £37.6million.
Tottenham were seemingly plotting to make a new move for Diaz, but they were ultimately hijacked by Liverpool in the end.
Liverpool confirmed Diaz’s arrival last Sunday, completing a deal worth £37million rising to £49million.
The Colombian arrives having racked up 16 goals and six assists for Porto in the first half of the season, and provides perfect competition for Liverpool.
With Sadio Mane blowing hot and cold this season as well as being out of contract in 2023, Diaz can fight Mane for a starting role now and could replace him in the future.
Diaz made his Liverpool debut on Sunday afternoon, coming on as a second-half substitute in the 3-1 FA Cup win over Cardiff City.
Diaz’s quick feet and pressing ability resulted in the second goal for Liverpool, giving a glimpse of what may be to come.
Liverpool hero Carragher has now offered his take on the Diaz deal, suggesting that the Reds pipping Tottenham is ‘typical Liverpool’.
Carragher has told the Liverpool Echo that Liverpool were clinical, praising the club for the way they do their transfer business.
Carragher added that Diaz could be another Diogo Jota in terms of breaking into Liverpool’s starting lineup, adding real quality to the squad.
“Brilliant and it was typical Liverpool,” said Carragher. “There was no real speculation that Liverpool were going to sign anyone and that’s what really impresses me about Liverpool as a club and how they do their transfer business. It’s done, they’re clinical, they do it and it’s been a great success story in the last five or six years what Liverpool do transfers-wise.”
“I know sometimes people get frustrated because we’re not buying lots of players but the way we do it, the way we go about it, I think it’s really impressive. The signing, who knows but more often than not Jurgen Klopp and the people making the transfer decisions get it right and I’m sure this will be the same. It could be a turning point but I think the signing isn’t just for right now, it’ll be how good Luis Diaz does over the next five or six years.”
“Does he eventually break into that so-called front three if you like? Jota’s done that, can Luis Diaz be the next one to do that? I think it does provide much better strength behind the front four if one of them is ruled out or you’re making a change from the bench. I think it makes a huge difference because we very rarely bring someone off the bench who is on par with someone who is already on the pitch. I think this is definitely the case now,” he added.
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