Mamelodi Sundowns co-head coach Manqoba Mngqithi has revealed that they have missed out on signing Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior as well as new Liverpool signing Luis Diaz in the past.
Diaz has completed a move from FC Porto to the English Premier League side last week after staring for Porto with 14 goals and four assists in just 18 league appearances in the first half of the season.
Mngqithi has now explained Diaz was identified by Downs’ scouting network and they were chasing the winger before he joined the Portuguese giants in 2019, but failed as Porto snuck in before they could sign him.
“We’ve lost the chance to sign many other players, one of them signed for Liverpool now, can you believe it? We should have signed him before he joined Porto,” Mngqithi Revealed.
“We were on top of Diaz, unfortunately, we delayed one or two days, and he signed for Porto and now [he’s at Liverpool]. We’ve looked at a lot of players – I don’t want to lie to you.”
The Masandawana tactician has also spoken about missing out on Real Madrid star, Vinicius Junior, who is now referred to as one of the world’s most promising young players.
“Even Vinicius was on our list of players that we should have signed, and he was not even at Real Madrid,” he said.
“We saw him in the Brazilian Cup, and we were trying to chase him. We slacked a little, but the following day he was signed by Real Madrid.”
