Four exciting ways Liverpool could line up with Luis Diaz this season

Luis Diaz appears to be on the brink of a sensational move to Liverpool.

Despite Tottenham Hotspur having sniffed around for the Colombian's signature earlier in the transfer window, the Reds seem to have pounced for the £45 million move at the eleventh hour.

According to Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool and FC Porto are thrashing out the final paperwork necessary to complete the deal with Diaz have already agreed personal terms to join in January.

As such, barring a dramatic collapse of Nabil Fekir-like proportions, images of Diaz celebrating his new five-year contract on Merseyside should be live for Kopites to enjoy in the coming days.

So, we like to think that we wouldn't be tempting fate by starting to imagine what might be going through Jurgen Klopp's head as he prepares to add another top-class forward to his arsenal.

Besides, with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota all jostling for a place in Liverpool's formidable front three, it's not necessarily easy to see where Diaz might fit into things.

As you probably know by now, Diaz operates as either a left midfielder or left winger where he can cut inside onto his right foot much in the way that Kopites have seen from Mane in recent years.

But with so much competition at the top end of the Reds' attack, never mind in the position that Mane has made his own, how could Liverpool realistically line up with Diaz this season?

Well, fear not, dear readers, because we've done our best to break into the tactical mind of Klopp and imagine four ways that Liverpool could set up with Diaz for the remainder of the campaign.

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From systems that will have Mane sweating to line-ups that indicate a more gradual integration, be sure