Jurgen Klopp fast tracking wildcard transfer hands Liverpool major boost

Given he wasn’t even supposed to be playing for Liverpool, no wonder Luis Diaz looks like he is enjoying every minute.

Diaz was, it seemed, always destined for Anfield, a long-scouted target with summer the anticipated arrival. However, it took interest from Tottenham Hotspur in January for the Reds to bring forward that £50million transfer.

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They have been grateful for that decision ever since.

Jurgen Klopp has long declared Diaz as being unlike any other previous signing after hitting the ground running after moving from Porto. That’s always good going, particularly in a Klopp side.

But to do so halfway through a campaign when stepping into a team chasing a quadruple justified the admiration of the Reds boss.

Diaz, of course, was in familiar company here, restored to the starting line-up against a Benfica side with whom he had regularly duelled while playing in Portugal.

And having irked the opposing fans in Lisbon last week in the first leg of this Champions League quarter-final – his goal prompting a barrage of flagpoles in his