Luis Diaz ‘pays’ to take Liverpool’s legendary number 7 shirt as club make offer

Luis Diaz has agreed to fork out thousands of pounds to disgruntled Liverpool fans after ditching his No. 23 shirt for No. 7.

The iconic jersey, with previous owners most famously including Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan, will be vacated by James Milner, who has had the shirt since 2015, when he leaves the club following the expiration of his contract at the end of the month.

Diaz, who joined Liverpool from Porto in January 2022, has agreed to reimburse any Reds supporters who bought a 2023/24 shirt with his name and the No. 23 on the back with a like-for-like exchange for his new No. 7 shirt.

In a statement uploaded to the club's website on Monday, Liverpool said: "Supporters who have already purchased the 2023/24 replica home jersey printed with the name 'Luis Diaz' and the number '23' on will be personally reimbursed by the attacker with a like-for-like exchange for a 'Luis Diaz 7' shirt.

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"The exchange only applies to all 'Luis Diaz 23' 2023-24 home shirts or kits purchased in official club retail outlets, via the official LFC online store or LFC Retail app. Any qualifying shirts or kit must be returned with proof of purchase by 11.59pm BST on July 31."

They added that all returned 'Luis Diaz 23' shirts would be donated to the LFC Foundation.

The majority of Liverpool fans on social media agreed that the No. 7 shirt suited the Colombian forward, but others thought it was quite funny that he'd effectively had to pay to wear it.

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"So we made him pay for his own number change," one supporter tweeted, while another said: "Jokes that Diaz is having to pay fir his new shirt haha."

Another added: "Why is Diaz having to personally reimburse fans? Is the club that poor?" while a fourth fan accused the club of being "spiteful" and suggested they ought to let supporters keep the old shirt too.

"Exchange? What you going to do sell the second hand one? Give em both shirts and stop being spiteful you cheapskates," they wrote.

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