Liverpool are continuing to support Colombia winger Luis Diaz as police search a mountain range in the north of the country for the kidnapped father.
Diaz’s mother, who was taken at the same time over the weekend, is now free but authorities have stepped up the search for his missing parent.
Police have been carrying out aerial patrols across the Perija mountain range, which straddles the border with Venezuela and is covered by a forest, while assistant manager Pep Lijnders said the club was “doing the right thing”.
El señor general William Salamanca, @DirectorPolicia, hace una pausa en la operación de búsqueda del señor padre de nuestro futbolista Luis Díaz, en plena serranía del Perijá, para reconocerles a nuestros comandos la valentía y el compromiso de rescatarlo sano y salvo. Son un… pic.twitter.com/QEpgfaDUZM
— Policía de Colombia (@PoliciaColombia) October 30, 2023
“We try to support him now as much as we can – lot of things out of our hands,” said Lijnders.
“I think and I feel that it’s only for Liverpool Football Club that the players know we’re doing the right thing. It’s not for me to say what we’re doing for Luis Diaz.
“As long as he knows that we’re doing all the right things and we pray. The whole club is behind him, he has that feeling then for me, it’s right.
“The authorities are doing everything, everything we hear is that they’re trying everything, that’s the most important thing that is family are OK.”
