Liverpool has rejected an approach from Barcelona for forward Luis Diaz, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Thursday.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information has not been made public.

Spanish champion Barcelona is looking to strengthen, and sporting director Deco has publicly confirmed admiration for Diaz and Manchester United's Marcus Rashford.

It is not known how much Barcelona was prepared to pay for Colombia international Diaz, but Liverpool informed the Catalan club he was not for sale, the person said.

The 28-year-old Diaz scored 17 goals in Liverpool's Premier League title-winning campaign last season.

He scored a hat trick against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League and was a key figure in attack for manage

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