Liverpool rejected the opening bid of Bayern Munich of £ 58.5 million for Luis Diaz, but the Bundesliga champions have returned to the negotiating table with an improved offer
Liverpool has agreed a deal with Bayern Munich to sell the random star Luis Diaz after the German giants have increased their bid to £ 65.5 million. Diaz, 28, has been given permission to leave the Tour Far East the club and is ready to complete his Anfield exit.
The Colombia International has urged a move to Munich after he has informed the hierarchy of the Reds that he wants to leave this summer after the club refused to enter into contract negotiations. Diaz and his representatives are more than 12 months after a new contract, in the conviction that he relatively underpaid on Merseyside, but head -bosses were not willing to pay.
Diaz missed Liverpool's 4-2 defeat in a friendly with AC Milan on Saturday while continuing their pre-season tour through Asia. After the game, Arne Slot confirmed that Diaz was absent because of his uncertain future, but insisted that he is training well.
Laverpool rejected an opening offer from Bayern worth £ 58.5 million last week. But Vincent Kompany's side is determined to sign Diaz and are now ready to get their husband.
Bayern made an improved range of £ 65.5 million during the weekend that Liverpool has now accepted.
After the loss against Milan, Slot was asked whether both 28-year-old and teammate Darwin Nunez's absence were linked to potential transfers.
“In the situation of Lucho it was, yes,” De Liverpool told reporters. “There have been many rumors around it lately and I can't go into it. But he is really training well with us and we have now decided not to play him yet.
“In the situation of Darwin, he also trained very well and played a few good games for us this preseason. He was injured, so we didn't want to take the risk and it was the same with Wataru Endo, trained with us all week, but we didn't want to take any risk with him either.
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“So it is part of the preseason, the boys have to go to Match Fitness and that is a thin balance, sometimes a thin line. We thought it was smarter for Darwin and Wata to sit out today, but I assume they will be with us when we are in Japan.”
Bayern -manager Kompany is said to have spoken with Diaz during a recent video call and sketched his plans for the former Porto star, who came to Liverpool in January 2022, in January 2022. The German giants want to sign an attacker after missing Top Target Florian Wirtz – won a race through Liverpool – and a loss of Leroy Sane and Thomas Muller this summer on free transfers.
They are also confronted with a considerable period without Jamal Musiala due to injury.