The father of Liverpool star Luis Diaz has not yet been rescued, contrary to initlal local reports.

It was suggested Diaz Snr was freed after a shootout with kidnappers in Colombia today.

Diaz's parents were kidnapped earlier today in their hometown with his mother later released.

The player's father remains missing.

The Daily Star also reports it's believed the kidnappers were on their way to Colombia's border with Venezuela, where they may have been intending on smuggling him into the country.

On the initial kidnap, a man who described himself as the best friend of Diaz senior told a localn radio station: "“It was 5.30pm local time on Saturday. They had filled up with petrol and then went to a neighbourhood nearby to collect something from a relative of Celinis. There the captors arrived, four men on motorbikes.

“They threatened them with weapons, made them get into the same vehicle and sped off with the other two on a motorbike tailing them. They headed for a rural area. The authorities were informed and there was a chase."