Luis Díaz Scout Report At FC Porto 2021/2022: An Exciting Columbian Winger – Player Analysis

Luis Díaz (1.8m & 73 kg) has been mightily impressive this season for FC Porto and has attracted a lot of attention from some of Europe’s biggest clubs.

Díaz, age 24, is now in his third season with FC Porto, and this is by far his most impressive.

Diaz started his career in his native Colombia with Barranquilla.

With only a handful of senior performances, he moved to Atlético Junior.

After attracting attention in Colombia, Diaz made the move to Europe in the summer of 2019.

Díaz has grown and developed while at Porto, and we are now starting to see him flourish, which has attracted a lot of attention, with Chelsea, Everton, and Newcastle all being rumoured to have shown an interest in acquiring Díaz.

According to Marca, Newcastle is ready to pay an 80 million Euros release clause in his contract for his services in the upcoming transfer window.

This season has been Diazs best with him scoring 6 goals in the league, this is the total he managed all of the previous two seasons as well as putting in some impressive performances in both the Champions League and the Primeira Liga.

This scout report aims to unpick and analyse some of the key features in Diaz’s game and how they have contributed to his impressive performances this season.

Luis Díaz Position

Diaz is almost always deployed on the left-hand side for both Porto and Colombia despite being a right-footed player.

As you can see From Diaz’s heat map below, he spends all his time on the left.

Diaz is an excellent example of an inverted winger, a modern approach where wingers will play on the side of their weaker foot.

Although this may sound disadvantageous, it can be very advantageous, as it provides more attacking options.

When on the left, he also likes to stay wide and keep his width, the darker shades of the heatmap being close to the touchline on the left-hand side rather than drifting infield, which can sometimes be the case with an inverted winger.

While playing on the left, it allows Diaz to cut inside onto his favoured right foot but also creates room for overlapping fullbacks to get around him.

Luis Díaz Dribbling 1 v 1 ability 

When watching Luis Diaz, you can’t help but notice his excellent dribbling ability; he has great control of the ball and has the ability to take it away from defenders in an instant.

As already mentioned within the positioning part of this report, Diaz loves to cut onto his right foot.

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