Javier Mascherano sends Luis Diaz Liverpool transfer warning after PSG and Barcelona links

Reports this week suggested that Liverpool winger Luis Diaz wants a new contract amid interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona

Javier Mascherano has urged Luis Diaz to reject transfer overtures from elsewhere and remain at Liverpool.

Diaz has been a success since his shock £50m move from Porto in January 2022. The Colombian has scored 24 goals and created a further 10 in 90 appearances for the Reds.

The 27-year-old signed a five-year contract but a report emerged this week claiming that he would now like to put pen to paper on a new deal. That came on the back of another report stating that Paris Saint-German - who are finally set to lose Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid - and Barcelona are keen on signing the Reds winger.

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Diaz, who shares an agent, Raul Costa, with Sporting CP manager Ruben Amorim, who is the running to replace Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager this summer, has not spoken about his future. But Mascherano, who left the Reds for Barcelona in 2010, believes he should stay at Anfield.

"He is a great player, very decisive especially when it comes to playing in one-on-one duels. The truth is that I think he has arrived at a team that fits him just right," Mascherano told Antena 2.

“If there is something that Liverpool have is that they love players like Diaz who leave everything on the field and have that strength and leave everything on the field. That’s why I think he fits right where he has arrived."

A new contract for Diaz would add to a growing to-do list for the club's new sporting director Richard Hughes and new FSG CEO of Football Michael Edwards. Their biggest priority is finding a replacement for legendary boss Klopp, who will leave the club at the end of the season.

But they also have pressing contract situations to clear up. Captain Virgil van Dijk, vice-captain Trent-Alexander Arnold and top goalscorer Mohamed Salah are all entering the final 12 months of their deals.