Liverpool star identified as Al Nassr’s top transfer target

Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr have made Liverpool forward Luis Diaz their top summer transfer target, talkSPORT understands. Liverpool are aware of Al Nassr’s interest in the Colombian, who has been pushing for a new contract at Anfield. Diaz has had his best season yet in redAFP Diaz signed from Porto in January 2022 for £37.5million on a six-year deal and has attracted transfer interest during a fine Premier League-winning campaign. The 28-year-old has been regularly linked to LaLiga sides Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, with even his father talking up a move to Spain. Yet Nassr’s interest comes at an interesting time, with talisman Cristiano Ronaldo hinting at a potential departure. The 40-year-old ended another season trophyless in the Middle East, and posted a cryptic message on social media after the final game of the campaign. “This chapter is over. The story? Still being written. Grateful to all,” he wrote. His statement came after FIFA president Gianni Infantino claimed ‘there are discussions’ over Ronaldo playing at the Club World Cup – a competition Al Nassr haven’t qualified for. Diaz, meanwhile, was Liverpool’s second most productive player in their title-winning campaign, registering a career best 13 goals and five assists. He also earned repeated praise from Arne Slot who brought out the player’s versatility, utilising him as a centre forward on occasion. Liverpool are set for a big summer in the transfer market, already securing Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong to replace the departing Trent Alexander-Arnold. The club are also trying to secure his Leverkusen teammate Florian Wirtz, who has just been voted Bundesliga Player of the Year for the second straight season. Diaz could end up replacing Ronaldo given his latest commentsGetty Liverpool previously secured some big incomings from the Saudi Pro League, selling Fabinho to Al Ittihad for £40m and Jordan Henderson to Al Ettifaq for £12m in 2023. Yet those deals coincided with interest around club legend Mohamed Salah, who eventually signed a new contract in the spring. Reflecting on his negotiations, Salah recently told On Sport: “I thought it was a good opportunity. My contract was up at Liverpool and I would have gone to Saudi but we finalised the deal with Liverpool. “And I still have a good relationship with them and I always stay in contact with them. Yes, we were talking to each other. “I don’t know what is going to happen but I am happy here in Liverpool and I am staying here for the next two years. Then I will see what I will do next.” “I will stop playing when I have that feeling but if you ask me for my opinion, I think I can play until the age of 39 or 40,” Salah added. “But if I felt before that I wanted to stop, I would quit. I have achieved a lot of things.”

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Liverpool star identified as Al Nassr’s top transfer target

Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr have made Liverpool forward Luis Diaz their top summer transfer target, talkSPORT understands.

Liverpool are aware of Al Nassr’s interest in the Colombian, who has been pushing for a new contract at Anfield.

Diaz signed from Porto in January 2022 for £37.5million on a six-year deal and has attracted transfer interest during a fine Premier League-winning campaign.

The 28-year-old has been regularly linked to LaLiga sides Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, with even his father talking up a move to Spain.

Yet Nassr’s interest comes at an interesting time, with talisman Cristiano Ronaldo hinting at a potential departure.

The 40-year-old ended another season trophyless in the Middle East, and posted a cryptic message on social media after the final game of the campaign.

“This chapter is over. The story? Still being written. Grateful to all,” he wrote.

His statement came after FIFA president Gianni Infantino claimed ‘there are discussions’ over Ronaldo playing at the Club World Cup – a competition Al Nassr haven’t qualified for.

Diaz, meanwhile, was Liverpool’s second most productive player in their title-winning campaign, registering a career best 13 goals and five assists.

He also earned repeated praise from Arne Slot who brought out the player’s versatility, utilising him as a centre forward on occasion.

Liverpool are set for a big summer in the transfer market, already securing Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong to replace the departing Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The club are also trying to secure his Leverkusen teammate Florian Wirtz, who has just been voted Bundesliga Player of the Year for the second straight season.

Diaz could end up replacing Ronaldo given his latest comments

Liverpool previously secured some big incomings from the Saudi Pro League, selling Fabinho to Al Ittihad for £40m and Jordan Henderson to Al Ettifaq for £12m in 2023.

Yet those deals coincided with interest around club legend Mohamed Salah, who eventually signed a new contract in the spring.

Reflecting on his negotiations, Salah recently told On Sport: “I thought it was a good opportunity. My contract was up at Liverpool and I would have gone to Saudi but we finalised the deal with Liverpool.

“And I still have a good relationship with them and I always stay in contact with them. Yes, we were talking to each other.

“I don’t know what is going to happen but I am happy here in Liverpool and I am staying here for the next two years. Then I will see what I will do next.”

“I will stop playing when I have that feeling but if you ask me for my opinion, I think I can play until the age of 39 or 40,” Salah added.

“But if I felt before that I wanted to stop, I would quit. I have achieved a lot of things.”