Liverpool: interesting facts about England's most successful team

The greatness of a football team, that concept so often repeated, is measured in titles. The English club Liverpool FC displays in its enormous showcases 19 league titles, seven FA Cups , eight League Cups —being the team that has won the most— 15 Community Shields and one League Super Cup.

And with 64 official titles, including other competitions, it is the second most successful English club of all time .

In addition, it is the English team with the most international titles: six European Cups (Champions League and Champions Cup), three European Leagues (UEFA Cups), four European Super Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup .

In January of this year, the Guajiro striker Luis Díaz , the best player in the Copa América in Brazil and one of its top scorers, and the scoring sensation for Porto in Portugal, arrived at this giant of English and world football.

Liverpool FC is a giant of the same size as the hug that the famous German coach Jürgen Klopp gave Díaz as soon as he climbed the stairs to the second floor of the team offices.

A dizzying and prodigious rise, since Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda, born in Barrancas, La Guajira, 25 years ago, just a few years ago stood out in the National Indigenous Championship of Colombia.

In the blink of an eye, he moved to Barranquilla FC. He was called up to the U-20 national team, went to the Barranquilla Junior team, reached the senior Colombian national team and was transferred to Porto, Portugal: that was the springboard that made him fly to Liverpool.

130 years of royalty

Liverpool, which in addition to greatness through titles has a tradition running through its veins of football in the country that is the birthplace of football, was founded after a dispute between the board of directors of Everton (yes, the same team of Yerry Mina and in which James Rodriguez was) and John Houlding, owner of Anfield stadium, the still mythical and magical Liverpool ground. After using the stadium for eight years, Everton moved to Goodison Park in 1892, and Houlding founded Liverpool Football Club to play its games at Anfield, with the original name of Everton FC and Athletic Grounds Ltd. —also known as Everton Athletic—

Today, Liverpool, led by Klopp, the sensational German coach, a symbol of revolution and modernity, of electric and pressing play, of teamwork, rigor and creator of new training methods, is considered one of the most powerful teams in the world, along with Manchester City and Bayern Munich, and its level of play is estimated to be superior to the brand new French PSG of Messi and M'bappé or to the legendary Real Madrid.

Expensive and luxurious squad

The team managed by Jürgen Klopp has one of the most respectable payrolls in the world . According to Transfermarkt (a respected portal specialising in football values ​​and quotes), it is the third most expensive squad on the planet (889.5 million euros), only below Manchester City (991.4 million) and PSG (909.5 million, just 10 million less).

Díaz (acquired for 45 million euros, which could be 60 million in bonuses) is the ninth most valuable player in the squad, and will have among his teammates the famous forwards Mohamed Salah (fourth most valuable player in the world, 100 million euros, Egyptian, 29 years old) and the Senegalese Sadio Mané (80 million, 29 years old). Both end their contracts in 2023.

In addition, the club also has stars such as Alexander Arnold (right-back, 80 million, 23 years old), Robertson (left-back, 65 million, 27 years old), Diego Jota (centre-forward, 60 million, 25 years old), Alisson (the most expensive goalkeeper in history, 60 million, Brazilian, 29 years old) and Virgil van Dijk (defender, 55 million, 30 years old). Fact: only they in the squad are worth more than Luis Díaz.

Liverpool's immediate objectives for the remainder of this season (six months) are to win the Champions League and fight for the Premier League with Manchester City .