Laporta confesses Barça were interested in Liverpool's Luis Diaz
The Catalan club were keen on the Colombian when he was at Porto
Barcelona missed out on one of the biggest talents in football at the moment, Joan Laporta revealed this week, in reference to the Liverpool forward Luis Diaz.
"We had a conversation with his agent," Laporta said on a trip to Colombia, but the Premier League side were already in advanced negotiations over a deal.
When the Colombian international was leaving Porto, Laporta had only just returned to the Barça president and the finances did not allow a move.
"At that moment, we had only just come into the club really and Liverpool were ahead of us," Laporta explained.
"There was a moment when we considered signing him but we still had to sort out the financial situation and they beat us to him.
"He is a great player but he belongs to Liverpool now, although I admit in the past, when he was leaving Porto, that we had a chat with his agent.
Luis Díaz loves Barça
Five years ago, when asked about his favorite team, Díaz did not hesitate to answer: "A team where I would like to play? Barcelona."
The Colombian forward, currently injured, is a regular fixture in Jurgen Klopp's XI, even more so after Sadio Mané's departure to Bayern Munich last summer.
