Considering his father is still missing, Luis Diaz did not travel for Liverpool’s League Cup fourth-round match against Bournemouth this evening.
Since Saturday’s sad events in his native Colombia, where the winger’s parents were abducted, Diaz has not played for the Reds.
Roadblocks around the town of Barrancas allowed for the quick rescue of his mother, Cilenis Marulanda, but his father, Luis Manuel Diaz, has not yet been located.
Demanding the release of Diaz Sr., Marulanda joined hundreds of residents in a Tuesday street march through the area of the Diaz family.
One of the people thought to be engaged in the kidnapping has been arrested, and the search is still ongoing by the military and police.
The “bell ringer” for the crime was reportedly apprehended at a Barrancas home early on Wednesday morning, according to Colombian news source Cambio.
Along with being thought to have “alerted the kidnappers about the movements of the police and the army,” the person in custody is now expected to play a crucial role in locating his accomplices and rescuing Diaz Sr.
According to Cambio, the kidnappers did not enter Venezuela over the border as initially thought. This information has been relayed to Colombian police by Venezuelan authorities.
After the events in his own country, Diaz stayed on Merseyside, where Liverpool has sent people to look after him and his family in the UK.
He hasn’t made the trip to Dean Court for Wednesday’s matchup against Bournemouth, according to the Mail.
Jurgen Klopp gave an explanation on Sunday: “We spoke to Lucho, he wanted to go home. We sent people with him, have people there who take care [of him].”
It makes perfect sense that they want to be together because there are members of his family there as well.
“Since then, not much has really happened. The news regarding the mother is wonderful. Clearly, they are all working on it.
Even if it’s a long way away and we are clearly not the first to learn, we nevertheless make an effort to learn as much as we can.
But we don’t want to cause any kind of disturbance. We are merely there to provide support; we are not the crucial ones. There you go.
