{"id":141831,"date":"2025-05-29T16:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/141831\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:27:14","slug":"luis-diaz-liverpool-transfer-latest-as-al-nassr-chief-breaks-silence-on-cristiano-ronaldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/141831\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz Liverpool transfer latest as Al-Nassr chief breaks silence on Cristiano Ronaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool star Luis Diaz is reportedly a primary summer target for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr<\/p>\n<p>16:16, 29 May 2025Updated 16:19, 29 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_GettyImages-2217008688.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Diaz.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Liverpool star Luis Diaz has reportedly been made a priority target by Al-Nassr.(Image: Photo by Liverpool FC\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Al Nassr sporting director Fernando Hierro has revealed that they want to extend Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s contract amid reports that the club have made Liverpool star Luis Diaz their prime target. There is uncertainty surrounding the 40-year-old&#8217;s future in Saudi Arabia and it has been suggested that the Saudi Pro League side are targeting the Colombian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After another trophyless campaign in the Middle East, which concluded against Al-Fateh on Monday, Ronaldo hinted that it could be his final game for the club after signing a lucrative deal in December 2022. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3244086\/liverpool-transfer-news-al-nassr-luis-diaz\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">TalkSPORT <\/a>reported on Thursday that Diaz had been earmarked by the Saudi Pro League side as their primary target in the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The outlet has claimed that Liverpool are aware of the interest in their winger, who netted 13 Premier League goals during the title-winning campaign.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/florian-wirtz-breaks-silence-after-31748126\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florian Wirtz shows his true colours as Real Madrid &#8216;threaten&#8217; to hijack Liverpool transfer<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/liverpool-transfer-news-live-florian-31736234\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool transfer news LIVE &#8211; Florian Wirtz latest, Hugo Ekitike boost, Jeremie Frimpong move<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During the press conference on Thursday, Hierro expressed his hope that Ronaldo would sign a new deal in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Ronaldo&#8217;s contract with Al Nassr runs until June 30,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We will work to renew his contract so he can continue with us, and there are many clubs interested in signing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are negotiating with Cristiano Ronaldo to renew his contract. God willing, we will find a solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Diaz&#8217;s future has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months following reports of interest from Saudi Arabia and Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After falling down the pecking order, following Cody Gakpo&#8217;s form, earlier in the campaign, speculation ramped up; however, Diaz proved his importance during the title run-in, becoming indispensable to Arne Slot&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Earlier this month, Diaz declared his desire to remain at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/anfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Anfield<\/a> and teased contract talks over a possible extension on Merseyside, lengthening his stay in England after arriving from FC Porto in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cYes, happy,&#8221; he told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telemundo.com\/deportes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Telemundo<\/a>. &#8220;From the first day I arrived, I\u2019ve always been happy, calm, enjoying the football played at this great team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe\u2019ll be talking about it, we\u2019ll talk about it (about the renewal).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;For me, I would stay however many years it takes, it also depends on the club, everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;These are details that are sorted out separately. Very calm, I\u2019m happy and enjoying the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Premier LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool star Luis Diaz is reportedly a primary summer target for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr 16:16, 29&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,1596,8902,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-141831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","14":"tag-luis-diaz","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114592064676990725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}