If there is a trophy for bravery in the Premier League, surely it can only go to one player. On Sunday, he even played, albeit just for the final 15 minutes of their 1-1 draw away at Luton, with Diaz scoring the equaliser for his team. Unable to travel to Colombia due to obvious safety concerns, Diaz has stayed training with Liverpool. Word is that the culprits, Colombia's National Liberation Army, the ELN, are very close to releasing Mane, and it could be as soon as the next 48 hours.
His mother was rescued by police a day later, with a 'major military search' announced to locate his father. On October 29, Díaz's mother, Cilenis Marulanda and father, Luis Manuel 'Mane' Diaz, were kidnapped by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in their hometown of Barrancas, Colombia. I’m hoping that by the time this column gets printed, Liverpool FC’s Luiz Diaz has received the very best possible news. Liverpool FC’s Luiz Diaz appeals for the release of his father after scoring against Luton Town on Sunday.
