Anfield Watch
·30 juillet 2025
In partnership with
Yahoo sportsAnfield Watch
·30 juillet 2025
Luis Diaz’s Liverpool adventure is at an end. After three-and-a-half years, the Colombian winger is moving to Bayern Munich for around £65m.
The 28-year-old swept up all the major domestic prizes during his time in Anfield red - including the Premier League title in 2024/25.
LFC x New Era
LFC Signed Merch
LFC x Titleist
He was among the best players for Arne Slot’s side as they carried off the top-flight trophy for the 20th time. Diaz scored 13 league goals - featuring on the left wing as well as up front.
However, the South American wide man’s time on Merseyside ends on a slightly sour note.
Diaz was seeking a new Liverpool contract before his Bayern transfer was sealed. Under contract until 2027, and earning around £55k per week, Diaz was clearly entitled to feel his efforts in the Premier League last season were enough to warrant a new deal.
Futbolred in Colombia has now disclosed that certain events left Diaz “irritated” - leading to him paving the way for a move away.
Firstly, the publication says that new contracts for Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk - combined with a £260m summer spending spree - were a “cold splash of reality” for Diaz.
Salah and Van Dijk’s deals were running out in summer 2025 - and Richard Hughes saw fit to furnish the pair with two-year extensions.
Both will command around £400k per week until 2027 - putting Diaz’s renewal demands in the shade. And then came the signings of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giorgi Mamardashvili.
With Liverpool moving on from their renewals for Van Dijk and Salah, new players were deemed the next priority over Diaz’s new deal.
© IMAGO
But then “to make matters worse” according to the report, Liverpool began to reject offers for Diaz from Barcelona and Bayern.
These rejections “irritated” Diaz, the publication states, as both teams would have granted him a far richer contract than the one he was on at Anfield.
“They were denying him something they clearly weren’t willing to offer,” it reads.
But Hughes has nonetheless stuck to his guns and brought in great money for Diaz.
That £65m will come in very useful in the chase for Alexander Isak while Diaz has got what he wanted too. He will be making three times more money for Bayern than he was at Liverpool.