Luis Diaz needs a different Liverpool chant after answering long-term question

They’ve gone and found another one, haven’t they?

How Liverpool could best evolve from their celebrated front three of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane has long been a question pondered by concerned supporters.

The process started with Diogo Jota, the Portuguese having long surpassed expectations since arriving from Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 2020.

And already every sign points to the fact the Reds’ recruitment team have produced another masterstroke with the capture of Luis Diaz from Porto last month.

Yes, the Colombian winger may be only five appearances into his Liverpool career.

But it is difficult to remember a forward signing having looked so completely at ease with his new surrounds in such swift fashion, not least when being brought in halfway through a season into a team that still harbours very real ambitions of the quadruple.

Certainly, the Liverpool faithful – rather knowledgeable when it comes to spotting a good player – have made their minds up, lapping up Diaz’s latest statement in this 6-0 Premier League romp against Leeds United.

Okay, he wasn’t on the scoresheet. Nor did he provide a direct assist. Diaz, though, underlined why he can help Liverpool step confidently towards the future.

It isn’t just the close control and jinking skills that are impressing, one piece of mesmeric juggling at the start of the second half leaving three Leeds defenders bamboozled and drew

And it isn’t just encouragement at the kind of forceful, direct run that left Luke Ayling grasping thin air and drew a good save from visiting goalkeeper Illan Meslier during an increasingly one-sided encounter.

What will be of equal delight to Klopp and Diaz’s admiring new fans is that he has already bought into