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Whereas Luis Diaz stays in coaching at Liverpool, speak round a transfer to Bayern Munich is continuous to flow into, with the Colombian’s potential wages being reported.
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Regardless of having had a £58.6 million bid rejected for Diaz, Bayern Munich are persisting of their pursuit of the Liverpool No. 7.
Reviews from Germany, notably Christian Falk of Bild, recommend Liverpool will quickly be pressured to area one other bid, with private phrases reportedly already agreed between Diaz and the Bundesliga champions.
Journalist Falk wrote that “bosses of Bayern are assured that there will likely be quickly a gathering with Liverpool for negotiations,” earlier than including: “Bayern have an settlement with Diaz for a contract til 2029, [with a] wage of €14m plus add-ons per 12 months.
That determine equates roughly to £233,000 per week, considerably greater than his reported £140,000 per week at Liverpool.
Wages are prone to be the largest issue behind the switch speak this summer time, with the 28-year-old pushing for the biggest wage attainable in Europe earlier than he passes his profession’s peak.
At Anfield, he has simply two years remaining on his present contract, and Liverpool should resolve whether or not to promote him now, wait and obtain a decrease price subsequent summer time or provide him a brand new deal.
Right now’s Liverpool FC Information
• Bild report Liverpool’s first provide for Hugo Ekitike, of about £69m, was rejected, with Eintracht Frankfurt wanting £86m together with add-ons
• Liverpool’s 2025/26 first-year students have signed their contracts – there are at the least 10 this 12 months, together with academy director Alex Inglethorpe’s son, Finn Inglethorpe! Extra data right here
• Two different youth gamers have agreed new contracts, This Is Anfield understands, with Wellity Fortunate and Joe Bradshaw each signing long-term offers
• Florian Wirtz‘s father, Hans-Joachim Wirtz, has defined why his son selected to hitch Liverpool – and Bayern Munich ‘couldn’t conceal their disappointment’, he instructed Der Spiegel!
• A brand new mural of Jerzy Dudek kissing the European Cup is being painted on Finchley Street in Anfield – there will likely be no spare partitions left in L4 quickly!
Elsewhere within the soccer world at this time
• Man United have agreed an preliminary £65m deal, plus £5m of add-ons, to signal Brentford‘s Bryan Mbeumo – an excellent participant however is he definitely worth the worth?
• West Ham have agreed private phrases with Kyle Walker-Peters to signal him on a free switch following the 28-year-old’s Southampton exit (BBC Sport)
• Rapper and producer Snoop Dogg is becoming a member of Luka Modric as a co-owner and investor in Swansea Metropolis – not a sentence you thought would learn at this time, I wager!
2 signings for Liverpool Girls however one other coach leaves
Having misplaced Taylor Hinds totally free and offered Olivia Smith to Arsenal for a world-record £1.1m price, Liverpool Girls have acted to herald recruits of their very own, although these offers had lengthy been within the pipeline.
Rafaela Borggrafe has been introduced because the Reds’ new goalkeeper, signing on a free after leaving SC Freiburg the place she spent greater than 10 years.
As well as, Liverpool have introduced again Sam Kerr from Bayern Munich, the midfielder having performed on mortgage for the Reds within the second half of final season.
On the identical time, nonetheless, it’s understood Liverpool Girls’s goalkeeping coach, Joe Potts, has left the membership to hitch Man United Girls.
