{"id":297564,"date":"2023-10-30T02:27:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297564"},"modified":"2023-10-30T02:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:27:33","slug":"luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, while authorities &#8216;continue the search&#8217; for Reds star&#8217;s father after his mum was rescued and freed<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liverpool star has been left out of the squad amid ongoing search for his parents<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His parents were kidnapped by gunmen on motorbikes in La Guajira, Colombia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boss Jurgen Klopp spoke out on the situation as &#8216;worrying for us all&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liverpool star Luis Diaz has been left out of the squad ahead of their Nottingham Forest clash at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Following the news that Diaz&#8217;s parents were kidnapped in Colombia, the star player has been left out of the squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His parents were kidnapped after being stopped by gunmen on motorbikes in the city of Barrancas, Colombia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recent updates have revealed that his mother,\u00a0Cilenis Marulanda, was rescued by police in the city, though his father is still missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A club statement from Liverpool read: &#8216;Liverpool Football Club can confirm it is aware of an ongoing situation involving the family of Luis Diaz in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77128405-12685521-The_parents_of_Luis_Diaz_are_believed_to_have_been_kidnapped_in_-a-17_1698587902645.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The parents of Luis Diaz are believed to have been kidnapped in his Colombian hometown\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/13\/77128921-12685521-The_star_s_mother_pictured_in_2019_has_been_rescued_but_his_fath-m-19_1698587935860.jpg\" height=\"371\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The star&#8217;s mother (pictured in 2019) has been rescued, but his father is believed to be still being held captive, with authorities continuing the search\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is our fervent hope that the matter is resolved safely and at the earliest possible opportunity. In the meantime, the player&#8217;s welfare will continue to be our immediate priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said it was a &#8216;worrying situation for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>On leaving Diaz out of the squad: &#8216;We had to obviously make a late change because of the private situation involving Luis Diaz. It was a pretty tough night. I have never had that before. It&#8217;s a new experience I never needed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Colombia President Gustavo Petro revealed that his mother has been rescued as part of a &#8216;padlock operation&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The President added that: &#8216;In a padlock operation in Barrancas, Luis Diaz&#8217;s mother has been rescued, we continue the search for the father,&#8217; he tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per local reports, the player&#8217;s mother and father were stopped in their vehicles by the assailants in the town of Barrancas, in La Guajira, the town were Diaz grew up.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected kidnappers then commandeered the van that Diaz&#8217;s parents were travelling in, and fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Both military and police services are working together in the region to help identify the whereabouts of the victims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12685521\/Luis-Diaz-left-Liverpool-squad-clash-against-Forest-parents-kidnapped-Colombia-authorities-continue-search-Reds-stars-father-mum-rescued-freed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, while authorities <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, while authorities &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-30T02:27:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luis-Diaz-left-out-of-Liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-Forest.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/\",\"name\":\"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest - Sportstons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-30T02:27:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-30T02:27:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstons\",\"description\":\"sportstons.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Dennis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dennis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest - Sportstons","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest - Sportstons","og_description":"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, while authorities &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/","og_site_name":"Sportstons","article_published_time":"2023-10-30T02:27:33+00:00","author":"Dennis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luis-Diaz-left-out-of-Liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-Forest.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dennis","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/","name":"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest - Sportstons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-30T02:27:33+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-30T02:27:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/luis-diaz-left-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-clash-against-forest\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Luis Diaz left out of Liverpool squad for clash against Forest"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/","name":"Sportstons","description":"sportstons.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Dennis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dennis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}