He wants him in his team: Mourinho would take advantage of the friendly match between Porto and Roma to meet Luis Díaz

Among the players who generate the most expectation in the mid-year transfer market is the Colombian left winger of Porto Luis Fernando Díaz, a player who was even more valued after his brilliant presentation at the Conmebol Copa América 2021.

It has already been watched for some time by Portuguese manager José Mourinho, who saw his best plays and skill at Porto since the seasoned strategist was in charge of managing Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League.

According to the Portuguese sports medium ‘A Bola’, ‘Mou’ himself would be determined to sign him to wear the Roma shirt in the Italian Serie A.

In fact, the preseason for the main football clubs in Europe is approaching and one of those matches will be AS Roma vs. Porto. Mourinho will face the club that saw him born as a professional in technical management and with which he won a UEFA Champions League in 2004, with the opportunity to speak directly with Luis Díaz and face him in the face of the opportunity to sign him by buying his pass.

Romans and Dragones will meet on Wednesday, July 28 in Portuguese territory to prepare their campaigns and prepare the athletes of both teams at their respective level.. Mourinho would seek to use his good relationship with the Porto club to facilitate the signing of Díaz, who for the moment is taking his vacation in Colombia, in his native Barrancas, La Guajira.

On the other hand, the newspaper ‘A Bola’ adds that Mourinho would already have the date ready to meet with the Colombian player, who will return to Portugal next Sunday, July 25 to concentrate with his club and later, speak with Mourinho, who has intentions choose him as a left winger and keep Pedro Rodríguez, Edin Dzeko, Henrikh Mkhiyarian, Justin Kluivert company, among others.

Porto will face Rome on July 28 in the Portuguese Algarve. As the Portuguese club announced today, the squad of ‘Los Dragones’ will be concentrated from July 21 to 29 in the Algarve and will also face Lille, reigning French Ligue 1 champions, in a friendly.

Mourinho’s reunion with his old club will be a special event for the Porto fans, since under his technical direction the most important title in the club’s history was achieved.

It should be remembered that the Portuguese coach was released after being fired from the Tottenham Hotspur bench and on May 5 he was announced as the new coach of the capital squad, succeeding Paulo Fonseca, who last season finished Serie A in seventh place, achieving a qualification to the new UEFA Europa Conference League.

It is striking that when a match between the two European teams has been scheduled, Luis Díaz announced in statements to the media that he would return to Portugal on July 24 to appear between the 25th and 26th of this month with Porto and, Although he will not be there for the game against Lille in France, he will do so to face ‘La Loba’.

A year ago Mourinho had expressed interest in Díaz while being in the technical direction of the Spurs. At that time he trained Dávinson Sánchez and wanted to incorporate ‘Lucho’ into the London team that contemplated preparing a tentative offer of 12 million euros, after the Portuguese were made to serve the guajiro by paying 8.5 million euros to Junior de Barranquilla .

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