The glowing reference of Florian Wirtz of the Bundesliga and the city of Munich helped to convince Luis Diaz to move to Bayern, has unveiled the Colombian winger.
The two attackers were Liverpool teammates for a matter of months, with Wirtz in June in June in June the Premier League champions at the Premier League champions before Diaz's departure fell earlier this week.
Diaz, whose transfer of £ 65.5 million was completed on Wednesday, opened his conversation with the former Bayer Leverkusen -star, who set the chance to sign with the German giants in favor of a switch to the Premier League.
“I was already familiar with the German league and I know roughly what kind of football is being played here,” he told reporters after his four -year -old deal.
“But yes, I had the chance to talk to Florian. The competition is different from the English, but it is also intense and physical. Football is also played well here, there are great teams and the stadiums are always full.
'Florian also told me that the city is great and that I would really enjoy it here. He also wished me good luck. I am very grateful to him. '
The Colombians, who underwent his medical in Bavaria on Tuesday after the Reds had accepted the last bie offer from Bayern, spoke about his pride in joining 'one of the largest clubs in the world' after completion of the deal.
“It means a lot for me to be part of FC Bayern – one of the largest clubs in the world,” he told the club's website. “I want to help my new team with my style of playing football and my personality.”
He said goodbye to his teammates the day before, three and a half years after he switched the switch to Porto's Premier League. Diaz appeared 148 performances during his time at Anfield and scored 41 goals.
It is thought that he first told Liverpool bosses about his wish to leave last summer, but the club held.
They later made two separate attempts to match a contract extension with the left wing, but could not convince Diaz because of a gap between offers and requirements.
Bayern sports director Max Eberl greeted the quality of the winger and defended the enormous edition of the club for the 28-year-old, who probably does not have much resale value if his time at Bayern does not meet expectations.
“The age of the player is of course always a discussion, but age is also only one of ten or fifteen factors that you consider in a transfer,” said Eberl. 'You can see what people pay for 20, 21 or 22-year-olds on the market at the moment-that is considerably more than we have paid for Lucho.
'In weighing all processes, Lucho's quality clearly won us. Today is something. We want to win titles together. And if we win titles, purchase prices are not that relevant. If he doesn't succeed, it's on the table. '