Barcelona offer TWO players in exchange for Luis Diaz | OneFootball

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Two players AND cash to let Diaz leave

According to Carpetas Blaugranas, a Spanish website based primarily around FC Barcelona, the latest offering for Diaz is for two players to join Liverpool, alongside a fee that won't exceed €60m.

While the latter part of the deal has been known for quite some time - the club's finances simply won't allow them to pay the €80m asking price that Liverpool have in mind without breaching FFP - the players and a fee aspect is fascinating and potentially enough to convince the Reds to lose Diaz.

The specific players in mind are Gerard Martin - a 23-year-old centre-back who recently had his first real breakout season in the first team - and Ferran Torres - a 25-year-old forward who is versatile enough to play across the attacking line and who has just delivered the best campaign of his career.

How much of a transfer fee Barcelona would be willing to pay on top of the two-player swap is unknown, but the idea of securing Martin and Torres plus a fee certainly makes a lot of sense.

A young centre-back is one the Reds' shopping list this summer and while he might be lacking experience, the club would have him working alongside Virgil Van Dijk in training every day.

Furthermore, it's plausible that Torres could replace Diaz straightaway as a left-wing option, playing as Cody Gakpo's understudy however. But he could also supplement Mohamed Salah's workload from time to time as well. Across a season, the Spaniard would receive plenty of minutes.

Moreover, both players have idea age profiles for Liverpool's squad, so they would be useful additions rather than hinderances to the work that the club has put in place already. As such, this offer is arguably more ideal for Liverpool than if the entire €80m was paid, so long as we get a fee.

You might now be wondering, what do Barcelona get out of this? Well, for one they'll get Luis Diaz, whom they want to provide back-up for Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, and secondly, they will square up their financial fair play obligations and give two promising fringe players a chance at success.

Diaz seems keen on the move and Liverpool would be heavily reimbursed.