Dylan Bettencourt
ULuis Diaz usayine inkontileka ka-R830 million esuka kwi-Porto eya kwi-Liverpool FC yase-Europe.
UDiaz wachitha isikhathi esamncane ebuka izitimela zidlula edolobhaneni langakubo e-Barrancas e-Colombia ezibuza ukuthi uyoke aphume yini esigodini sangakubo aye kwamanye amazwe.
Ukunganakwa kwendawo abehlala kuyo nguhulumeni kwaholela enkingeni yokushona kwezingane ezingu-4,770 ngenxa yendlala phakathi kuka-2008 no-2016.
Ekukhuleni kwakhe, abaqeqeshi bakaDiaz babebona ukuthi unekhono elikhulu. Kodwa-ke, impilo yakhe yasekhaya empofu yayisho ukuthi umzimba wakhe wawungakathuthuki ngokwanele ukuthi angaqhudelana nabadlali beminyaka yakhe.
Ngakho-ke ososayensi bezemidlalo nabaqeqeshi abavela ezweni lonke bahlangana ukuze bahlele ukudla kwalo mdlali osemncane ukuze akhuluphale ngokushesha.
Ngokumangazayo, uLuiz wakhuluphala ngamakhilogremu angu-10 ngokudla okuhlanganisa ukudla i-pasta nesidlo sasekuseni.
Ngesikhathi eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala, wawelela ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic ukuyodlalela iqembu lase-Portugal i-FC Porto.
Ilapho aqala khona uhambo olwamthatha lwamsusa emaphethelweni eqembu lokuqala le-Porto ukuze abe ngomunye wabadlali ababiza kakhulu esikhaleni sokuthengwa kwabadlali njalo ngoMasingana eminyakeni emibili nje kuphela.
Ngonyaka odlule, lo mdlali wasesiswini wase-Colombia ubedlala kahle kakhulu kwi-Copa America, lapho ahlula khona i-Brazil ne-Argentina eqeda ngamagoli amaningi alingana nakaLionel Messi kulo mqhudelwano.
UDiaz uqhubeke nokudlala kwakhe okumangalisayo neqembu lakhe lasekhaya, eshaya amagoli angu-14 emidlalweni yeligi engu-18 njengoba eqinisa isikhundla sakhe njengendoda edlala e-Porto. Abalandeli be-Dragons besebazi ukuthi akusesikhathi esingakanani ngaphambi kokuthi amakilabhu amakhulu ase-Europe afune ukumsayinisa inkontileka.
Amaqembu e-English Premier League afana ne-Tottenham Hotspur, i-Everton ne-Newcastle, wonke abebanga ukusayinisa uDiaz kodwa wagcina ekhethe ukuya kwi-Liverpool ngemali elinganiselwa ku-R830 million.
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