Sources: Liverpool reject Barça approach for Díaz

Barcelona person failed successful a bid to motion Liverpool winger Luis Díaz, sources person told ESPN, with the subordinate aboriginal saying helium is unfastened to a determination distant from Anfield this summer.

Díaz, 28, has emerged arsenic a starring people for the LaLiga champions, who are besides considering a determination for Manchester United guardant Marcus Rashford.

But sources person told ESPN that Liverpool person rejected an attack from the Spanish nine this week and made it wide that they person nary volition of offloading the Colombia international.

Díaz, a £37.5 cardinal ($50.9m) signing from FC Porto successful January 2022, was a cardinal fig successful Liverpool's Premier League rubric occurrence this season, with lone Mohamed Salah scoring much than his 13 league goals.

While Liverpool are expected to offload Darwin Núñez this summer, caput manager Arne Slot wants to clasp Díaz successful his squad and the nine are nether nary unit to perceive to offers for the player.

Speaking successful a quality league connected Thursday up of Colombia's clash with Peru, Díaz confirmed that portion helium is blessed to enactment astatine Liverpool, helium is being cautious to measure his options this summer.

"Obviously I americium precise blessed astatine Liverpool. I person ever said that. From the archetypal time I arrived I was ever good received. Now we are successful interaction with them due to the fact that evidently we are speaking to clubs. This is mean due to the fact that the transportation marketplace is unfastened and we are trying to spot what is the champion for us," Díaz said.

"As I said, I americium lone waiting to spot if it tin beryllium done. If Liverpool offers maine a bully declaration renewal oregon if I person to enactment for the 2 years I person remaining with them, I volition beryllium blessed and content. It each depends connected them. I americium present to determine and to spot what is champion for america and my future."

Liverpool continue to lead the pursuit for Bayer Leverkusen guardant Florian Wirtz, who is connected planetary work with Germany successful the UEFA Nations League until aft Sunday's third-place playoff against Spain oregon France successful Stuttgart.

Clubs are capable to implicit transfers earlier the early-June model closes adjacent Tuesday.

The early-June window, introduced this summertime chiefly to alteration teams participating successful the FIFA Club World Cup to bolster their squads, closes connected June 10 earlier reopening connected June 16 until September 1.