Liverpool winger Luis Diaz has completed a £65.5m move to Bayern Munich.
Bayern beat Barcelona to the signature of Diaz, who leaves Anfield despite having two years left on his Liverpool contract.
Liverpool rejected Bayern’s initial advances and an offer believed to be in the region of £58.5m (€67m), but the Bundesliga champions returned with a second offer of £65.5m (€75m) including add-ons. The Reds accepted the offer after securing what the club considers to be full market value.
Throughout the summer, Liverpool had been unwilling to sell a key first-team player but Diaz and his representatives pushed for a move. He first signalled a wish to leave in the summer of 2024, but the club held firm while assessing both the squad and the market.
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Liverpool have agreed to sell winger Luis Diaz to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich as the Reds also have their eyes on Newcastle forward Alexander Isak
Two separate attempts from Liverpool to agree a contract extension failed due to a gap between offers and demands, and after Diaz helped deliver the club’s 20th Premier League title, Liverpool reluctantly agreed to his request to leave.
Diaz joined Liverpool in January 2022 for a guaranteed £37.5m (€42.9m) payment, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract.
His departure does not alter Liverpool’s recruitment plans with Hugo Ekitike already signed to strengthen the club’s attacking depth.
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In
Milos Kerkez – Bournemouth, £40m
Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen, £116m
Jeremie Frimpong – Bayer Leverkusen, £29.5m
Giorgi Mamardashvili – Valencia, £29m
Hugo Ekitike – Eintracht Frankfurt, £79m
Armin Pecsi – Puskas Akademia
Freddie Woodman – Preston, free
Out
Luis Diaz – Bayern Munich, £65.5m
Trent Alexander-Arnold – Real Madrid, £10m
Caoimhin Kelleher – Brentford, £18m
Jarell Quansah – Bayer Leverkusen, £35m
Nat Phillips – West Brom, £3m
Vitezslav Jaros – Ajax, loan
Owen Beck – Derby, loan
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