Luis Diaz has seen his supervisor combat his nook amid criticism over his type for Colombia when in comparison with his output for Liverpool.
It has been an encouraging begin for Diaz underneath Arne Slot, with three objectives and an help from the left wing – welcome type after a summer time of switch hypothesis.
He wouldn’t be thought of prolific for Liverpool, with solely 27 objectives in 101 appearances, however that has not stopped some from his house nation criticising him for performing higher at membership degree.
After simply three objectives for his nation in 2023, Diaz already has 4 this calendar 12 months, and his worldwide supervisor, Nestor Lorenzo, stood up for his attacker earlier than their match towards Argentina.
“The celebrities are at all times on everybody’s lips and are noticed in a specific, extra intense approach,” Lorenzo advised reporters, by way of Purple Mas.
“Three or 4 months in the past, the difficulty was why he didn’t rating objectives for the nationwide crew, and now he has turn into our high scorer within the qualifiers.
“We stated that he’s going to attain objectives, and he’s scoring them. I’m not frightened, for me, Luis is doing an excellent job. Let’s simply let him circulation as a result of he does it effectively.”
How good is it to listen to managers stick up for his or her gamers?
Diaz has scored three of Colombia’s seven objectives of their World Cup qualifying marketing campaign to date, his newest got here towards Peru over the weekend – taking his report for his nation to fifteen objectives in 56 caps.
It means his common for membership and nation is presently the identical with 0.26 objectives per look. Whereas criticism could come his approach, he has the vote of confidence from each his managers.
The 27-year-old isn’t brief on competitors on the left wing for Liverpool, however he’s presently first-choice for Slot, who rapidly put to mattress any switch hypothesis initially of the season.
“His future is with us as a result of I like so much what I’ve seen within the final 10 days that he’s been in,” Slot stated previous to the Reds’ opening recreation of the season in August.
“He’s had a huge impact on Liverpool’s seasons, and I’m hoping that he has a huge impact within the upcoming season as effectively.”
It’s so far, so good on that entrance!
