{"id":671868,"date":"2026-01-03T20:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671868\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:29:13","slug":"luis-diaz-includes-subtle-man-utd-hint-in-new-music-video-after-career-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671868\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz includes subtle Man Utd hint in new music video after career change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luis Diaz launched a music channel on YouTube earlier this week, releasing his first single which features a poster of a former Manchester United player on the wall<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Image-03-01-2026-at-1625-1jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Diaz has released a song\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Luis Diaz has released a song(Image: Instagram\/luisdiaz19_)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Luis Diaz risked the wrath of some Liverpool supporters after he shared a new music video which features a Manchester United poster on his bedroom wall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.com\/all-about\/luis-diaz\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Diaz<\/a> has seemingly taken the decision to branch out into music, after launching a YouTube channel called Luis Diaz Music earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The former <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.com\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Liverpool<\/a> star&#8217;s first song, titled &#8216;La Promesa&#8217; \u2013 which translates to &#8216;The Promise&#8217; \u2013 <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/features\/luis-diaz-starts-surprising-new-33160956\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">was released on the channel a few days ago<\/a>, and features Diaz singing from his childhood bedroom about his journey from being a young boy in Colombia to playing for some of the biggest soccer teams in the world. On the wall of his childhood bedroom is a poster of Cristiano Ronaldo playing for United during the Portuguese&#8217;s first spell at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/features\/dermot-gallagher-makes-feelings-clear-33161584\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33161584\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dermot Gallagher makes his feelings clear on Liverpool refereeing controversy<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/features\/joel-ordonez-transfer-update-club-33161383\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33161383\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Ordonez transfer update as Club Brugge makes decision on Liverpool target<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Other soccer legends to appear on the wall include Lionel Messi, Pele and Carlos Valderrama. Speaking a few years ago, Diaz named Messi among the players he looked up to as a youngster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A reference point for me was always Ronaldinho, I really liked him a lot,&#8221; Diaz said. &#8220;I always tried to be similar to him. I loved the way he was on the ball. I loved the way he enjoyed playing football and also did it with a smile on his face, so I tried to identify myself with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Obviously you&#8217;ve got Messi, you&#8217;ve got Neymar \u2013 there are other players too that I look towards, but those were the three as a kid that I really looked up to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Image-03-01-2026-at-1625jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"A poster of Cristiano Ronaldo appears on the wall\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>A poster of Cristiano Ronaldo appears on the wall(Image: Instagram\/luisdiaz19_)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Meanwhile, Diaz took to Instagram to explain his decision to release a song. &#8220;Music is one of my hobbies and a way of expressing myself from the heart, something I do with great love and respect for the art,&#8221; Diaz explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;This project was born out of passion, from enjoying the process and connecting with you from another place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He added: &#8220;This song comes from the bottom of my heart, from the most sincere gratitude for what we have built together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s the result of a long journey of faith, work, and love; a path where God has worked, and where my family has fought with me and for me. Everything I am, and everything I have today, is thanks to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Diaz left Liverpool in the summer to join Bayern Munich, and has started his career in Bavaria brilliantly, registering 13 goals and seven assists in 22 appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz launched a music channel on YouTube earlier this week, releasing his first single which features a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,8902,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-671868","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-luis-diaz","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115833062309765118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671868","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=671868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}