It was easy to expect that, in the absence of the man who trusted him from the beginning, his trust and difficulties would collapse. But you have to know very little to think that this would be his way.
Who has followed Luis Díaz by Junior, Porto and now Liverpool knows that this is not, in any way, the modus operandi of a warrior like him, an expert in getting up from the difficulties and making its way to the force of sacrifice, work and a talent that overflows it.
Instead of shrinking when Jürgen Klopp left, the DT that was through him even Porto in a record transfer for the winter of 2022, put everything on himself to understand the new Arne Slot model and even learn to play in an unknown position of number 9 (Oa times false 9) to give a hand at determining times. That is our lucho!
His most prolific season dressed in red
And it is that neither Klopp could anticipate this growth, at stake and versatility, which has registered its pupil in the 2024/2025 season.
In that 2022, in the months he had until the middle of the year, he scored 4 goals in the Premier, nothing wrong for a rookie.
Luis Díaz and his goal to Tottenham for Premier title
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Paul Ellis / AFP
In the following year, when the complete preseason had finished in his new club and had the entire libretto learned, the misfortune came: in a match against Arsenal in October, courtesy of party, suffered a tough knee injury that he tried to return, but without success: he had to be operated in January and lost almost the whole season. Even so, he left with 4 goals in his personal account.
By 2023/2024, the year of the debacle for the Klopp process, its sacrifice and commitment were widely recognized when everything came down, but there was no lack of those who missed the double digit of goals from Mané, its predecessor, and demanded the same. In that Alicaid Liverpool, his contribution was 8 annotations … And that had already brought Gakpo as competition.
That is why he was so important, for him and for the club, which he is living in this Slot era: Díaz needed to try that he was above the Dutch boy and very at the height of the Senegalese who have always put him as a mirror. And it was fulfilled!
In Premier League, the Guajiro adds 13 annotations, its best scoring record since it dresses red, for a total of 16 goals telling all the competitions. And two games still have left to adjust that record of more than 20 goals that so much asked.
There is time, there is talent, and if Slot understands the progression of his warrior and does not leave it again in the substitution, it could be a real milestone. The commitment of your polyifunctional is. A little continuity at the close of this satisfactory year is all he asks …
