Liverpool's preferred player over Barcelona, Klopp smiles, has striker for January

FC Barcelona have been looking for strikers for many seasons now to improve their forward line and one of the players they tried hardest to sign was Luis Diaz, when he was still a Porto player. The Catalan side insisted and insisted on many occasions, but in the end the talented Colombian winger ended up accepting the big contract that Liverpool put on the table.

According to the Catalan president himself, Joan Laporta, in an interview with Marca newspaper, the Colombian winger was of great interest to the Camp Nou when he was still exploding at Porto and they made moves to attract him to the Camp Nou, unfortunately Liverpool beat them to the deal in the winter transfer window this year, paying 47 million euros to the Portuguese side for their emerging star. Logically, FC Barcelona could not reach these figures for a player who had hardly shown much more, but seeing his performance at Liverpool, they made a big mistake by not betting more heavily on this impressive player.

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Luis Díaz was the player that FC Barcelona's sporting management liked, but when Liverpool snatched him away from them, they had to look for another player who could adapt to the sporting demands that Xavi Hernández had. They finally opted for Ferran Torres, who at the time was at Manchester City and ended up paying around 55 million euros for him, given that they considered that he had a long career ahead of him and a more than interesting projection.

The scouting work within the sporting management of the clubs is of great help in securing the services of the most suitable player for the needs of the squad. The projection of these potential signings is also evaluated and, if on top of that, these players increase their market value, the club's assets grow. Below we show you the top 3 players whose market value has increased the most at the start of the 2022-2023 campaign according to Transfermarkt.

Luis Diaz chose Liverpool over Barcelona

Luis Diaz: The Liverpool player has gone from a market value of 40 million euros to 65 million euros. The Colombian striker's price has risen by 62.5 per cent. The recent signing of the Reds has been a perfect fit in just one year at Liverpool, winning a starting place with great performances on the pitch.