Barcelona is out of the race for Luis Diaz in every way. In addition to a radical change in perspective from Liverpool, and a change of plans for Bayern Munich, the Blaugrana will miss a second top goal for the left side of their front line, after Nico Williams has rejected a movement this week.
The word is that Barcelona still gives priority and is working on a move for Luis Diaz as their top priority for the coming season, but it seems that they make little progress. Liverpool has made it clear that they do not want to sell Diaz and rejected an approach to the Blaugrana in June.
Although he is their priority for the transfer window, Barcelona does not intend to overload himself for Diaz. MD explains that the Catalan side has set a price limit of € 60 million to spend on Diaz and will no longer spend it. It was a limit that was set before the transfer window was opened, which Barcelona felt reasonable, but the tragic passing on of Diogo Jota and the presence of Bayern Munich has complicated things.
Since it was unanimously reported that Bayern has rejected two offers for Diaz, the last one reached € 67.5 million, which seems to exclude Barcelona from the race. The Colombian is enthusiastic about moving to Munich, and Bayern is expected that he will soon be a different bid of more than € 70 million.
Manchester United -attacker Marcus Rashford seems to be the leading alternative to Barcelona, although people like Christopher Nunku, Bryan Zaragoza, Antonio Nusa or even Rafael Leao are all mentioned as other options. Nusa and Zaragoza would be the most similar in style, but perhaps the least proven options.