One player who ultimately could replace Diaz, though, just joined the Premier League.

Liverpool are ready to open talks over a move for Eintracht Frankfurt's French striker Hugo Ekitike, 23, even though the club need to sanction the transfer of Uruguay forward Darwin Nunez, 26, in ord...

Frankfurt remain insistent that their full £86 million asking price must be met, with no appetite to negotiate a lower figure unless the situation changes closer to the transfer deadline.