Liverpool say they’re “conscious of an ongoing state of affairs” involving the family of Luis Diaz after reports his dad and mom had been kidnapped in Colombia.
Liverpool mentioned Diaz’s welfare “will proceed to be our instant precedence”.
“It is our fervent hope that the matter is resolved safely and on the earliest doable alternative,” the club said.
Diaz was not noted of Liverpool’s match-day squad for the Premier League recreation in opposition to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp mentioned it was a “worrying state of affairs for all of us”.
“We needed to clearly make a late change as a result of of the non-public state of affairs involving Luis Diaz,” Klopp mentioned earlier than the match.
“It was a reasonably robust night time. I’ve by no means had that earlier than. It’s a brand new expertise I by no means wanted.”
The Colombian Football Federation additionally supplied help to the ahead and his family.
“We specific our solidarity with him and his total family and we name for the related authorities to behave as rapidly as doable to resolve the state of affairs,” an announcement learn.
