Levy considered REPORTING Liverpool staff after Luis Diaz rejection

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy reportedly considered reporting the behaviour of Liverpool staff to the Reds’ owners after Spurs were beaten to the signing of Luis Diaz.

The Colombian winger completed a move to Anfield from Porto on Sunday morning in a deal worth up to £50million. He has signed a five-year contract on Merseyside.

It shows just how quickly things can move in the final few days of the transfer window, as Tottenham previously believed they had wrapped up a deal to sign Diaz.

According to the Telegraph, Spurs had agreed a €45million (£37.5million) deal with Porto last week, along with around €15million (£12.5million) of add-ons.

However, the report adds that Liverpool – who had asked to be informed of any move Tottenham made – acted quickly to match those figures and also agreed to pay €8million (£6.5million) by this coming Monday to sweeten the arrangement.

A FaceTime call between Diaz and Jurgen Klopp was then reportedly arranged – with the 25-year-old currently away on international duty with Colombia – and that the pair got on well.

By the end of Thursday, Diaz had informed Porto that Liverpool was his preferred destination and a deal was agreed with the Reds.

The Telegraph claim that upon hearing of the winger’s U-turn, Spurs chairman Levy tried desperately to regain the advantage in negotiations and also threatened to report Liverpool’s recruitment staff to the Reds’ owners John W Henry and Mike Gordon. 

But he was unsuccessful on both counts. Not only had Diaz decided on an Anfield switch, but Henry and Gordon had no issues with the way Liverpool went about the deal.

Diaz is the second major signing that Tottenham have missed out on this month, after also seeing Barcelona snatch Wolves winger Adama