• Liverpool to offer initial fee of about £37.5m plus add-ons
  • Spurs suffered blow on Thursday of missing out on Traoré

Liverpool are trying to beat Tottenham to the signing of the Porto winger Luis Díaz and are preparing an initial offer of about £37.5m. Their bid will include easily achievable add-ons of about another £15m and a further £4m or so in bonuses less likely to be paid.
Díaz, a Colombia international with 31 caps, is one of the most exciting talents in Europe and has scored 14 goals in 18 league games this season. Porto rejected a £37.6m offer from Spurs this week for a player who has a £66m release clause.
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