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Beth Lindop
Bayern Munich have agreed to a €75 million ($88 million) deal to signal winger Luis Díaz from Liverpool, sources advised ESPN.
Díaz missed Liverpool’s friendly defeat towards AC Milan on Saturday attributable to ongoing hypothesis linking him with a transfer away from Anfield this summer time and has now been granted permission to go away the Reds’ preseason tour of Asia.
Sources advised ESPN that Díaz first signaled a want to depart Liverpool in the summertime of 2024, however the membership held agency whereas assessing each the squad and the market.
Two separate makes an attempt to conform to a contract extension failed attributable to a spot between provides and calls for.
There was in depth curiosity within the participant all summer time, with Liverpool beforehand rejecting advances from each Barcelona and Bayern and insisting the participant was not obtainable.
Sources advised ESPN the membership rejected a €67.5m bid from Bayern earlier this month.
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Díaz loved the best season of his Liverpool profession final time period, scoring 17 targets in all competitions and serving to Arne Slot’s facet win the Premier League title.
The ahead joined the membership from FC Porto in January 2022, together with his contract at Anfield set to run out in 2027.
His impending departure will assist steadiness out a few of Liverpool’s spending this summer time, with the Premier League champions spending round £290m on Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Giorgi Mamardashvili and Hugo Ekitike.