Luis Diaz regains his place at Liverpool

Although he’s been with the club for a year and a half, Luis Diaz could be one of Liverpool’s ‘reinforcements’ in the 2022-23 Premier League. After recovering in April from a knee injury that forced him to undergo surgery and adding a few minutes at the end of last season, the Colombian winger has been hard at work to once again become an important player in the English team.

The striker had a full month of training in England, Germany and Singapore and knew how to take advantage of each one to restore the level with which he won the love of the fans at Anfield, as well as all his teammates and the manager. staff . The 26-year-old from Guajiro made the most of the preseason to once again play a key role in his team.

“The preseason has been huge for everyone, especially Lucho. We did a lot physically.”Jurgen Klopp said a week ago. The technical director is thrilled to have Luis Diaz in Liverpool’s attack next season, in which he will play in the Europa League in addition to local competition.

Luis Diaz balance in preseason

Luis Diaz has been in the starting line-up for three of Liverpool’s five friendly matches this season. He played in the first half for the first time in a 4–2 win over Karlsruhe of the German second division, as well as a 4–4 draw against Greuther Fürth in which he scored a goal.

A 4-0 win over Leicester on the Asia Tour was the only game in which he did not start, but played the entire second half.. He later scored again, this time in a victory over Bayern Munich, in which he also played the entire squad after replacing Diogo Jota.

In the last match against Darmstadt Luis Diaz started and played 74 minutes in a 3-1 win. in which he also scored a great cue goal, sealing the victory for the British team.

Jota – Nunez, the only doubt of the trident

Luis Diaz would have regained his place in the starting lineup of technical director Jurgen Klopp at the start of the season. Thus, the extreme left flank will be covered by the Colombian, and Mohamed Salah, the main referent of the current team, will be on the right. Darwin Nunez or Diogo Jota were the only ones who doubted that they would be the center forwards in the attacking trident offered by the German coach.

Liverpool’s 2023-2024 Premier League debut will be this Sunday, August 13 at 10:30 am (Colombian time) while visiting Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London.