{"id":12300,"date":"2023-03-31T14:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T09:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=294042"},"modified":"2023-03-31T14:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T09:08:45","slug":"luis-diaz-returns-to-full-training-ahead-of-liverpools-match-against-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/luis-diaz-returns-to-full-training-ahead-of-liverpools-match-against-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz returns to full training ahead of Liverpool\u2019s match against Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"d8bf62aa-5efb-43ad-814c-729e8da3eb8b\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Reports indicate the return of Luis Diaz after Liverpool posted a video on Twitter of him walking out with his teammates at the AXA Training Centre on Thursday. After returning to training this week, Diaz should be in the squad for Saturday\u2019s match at the Etihad. This is nearly six months after the last game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good to be back, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuisFDiaz19?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LuisFDiaz19<\/a>? \ud83e\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jvnGoxhdqq\">pic.twitter.com\/jvnGoxhdqq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC\/status\/1641441259758944261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"a989c448-d923-4ff6-b11d-d5bf000c3f7c\">Initially, the winger was scheduled to return from a knee injury following the World Cup. Despite this, a setback occurred at the Reds\u2019 training camp in Dubai, necessitating surgery. Since Arsenal\u2019s 3-2 defeat on October 10, he has not played. Diaz has played an essential role for Liverpool this season, scoring four goals in 12 appearances before his injury. On January 30 2022, Diaz signed a five-year contract with Premier League club Liverpool for \u20ac45 million with \u20ac15 million add-ons. Before signing for Liverpool, Diaz was interested in Tottenham Hotspur. Upon learning of Tottenham\u2019s bid, Liverpool changed their summer plans and signed Diaz on a permanent deal. Diaz impressed Liverpool\u2019s manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"c20d80b5-2742-4689-afd5-ab5e2d677529\">It has been a joyous reception for Diaz\u2019s highly anticipated return to action, with many fans leaving thoughtful comments in the tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/su0d7uwMHX\">pic.twitter.com\/su0d7uwMHX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben (@ben_0987) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ben_0987\/status\/1641442068710195200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"31b4c1b1-5a4e-45c7-9fb1-7173f3d2fd0f\">Trying to finish in the top four of the Champions League this season, sixth-placed Liverpool will take on second-placed Manchester City in the Premier League. On Saturday, April 11, 202<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Arsenal\u2019s 3-2 defeat on October 10 last year, Luis Diaz has not played<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":34680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1126,2604,2262,218],"class_list":["post-12300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-luis-diaz","tag-premier-league"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}