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Laporta makes Diaz admission

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed why the club missed out on signing Luis Diaz earlier this summer before adding Marcus Rashford to its ranks this week.

“There were several options, and I'm very happy because we ended up getting the option I liked the most,” Laporta told Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo.

“It's true that I also liked Luis Diaz, a very complete player, but due to his circumstances, with Liverpool very entrenched, it was complicated, although I appreciate the player who always wanted to come,” he added, on why a deal was not concluded for the Colombian international.

“The Nico Williams situation also happened.

And given that Luis' situation was complicated and that we were in the process of negotiating with Rashford, Nico's agent came to me offering the possibility of signing him.

Deco told me about it.

“In principle, I preferred to work on the other two options, but in these cases I always listen to the sporting director.

He said we should at least listen because he's an interesting player because he holds his own on the wing.

“Negotiations took place, but from what they told us to what it ended up being, there was a big difference in the payment terms, the agent's commission, and a series of variables that already suggested the deal wouldn't happen.

Deco set a 48-hour deadline, and if they didn't accept our terms, we wouldn't do the deal.