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Liverpool have agreed to promote Luis Díaz to Bayern Munich in a deal price as much as €75m (£65.5m). The Colombian, 28, is poised to fly from Liverpool’s coaching camp in Tokyo, having been given permission to journey for a medical with the German champions.
Bayern had made Díaz a long-term goal and have been pressured to pay what the English champions demanded as truthful market worth. Díaz was eager for the transfer, having first indicated in the summertime of 2024 he was open to a switch. Liverpool reluctantly determined to promote the favored participant as a part of a summer time reboot of their ahead line, having twice supplied a brand new contract to a participant who arrived from Porto in January 2022.
Díaz was ignored of Liverpool’s pre-season 4-2 defeat in Hong Kong in opposition to Milan, with Arne Slot confirming the absence was due to a potential switch. “In Lucho’s scenario it was, yeah,” the Liverpool supervisor stated. “There are numerous rumours round it recently and I can not go into that. However he’s coaching rather well with us and now we have determined, for now, to not play him but.”
Liverpool paid Porto €45m plus add‑ons for Díaz, with solely €4m triggered, bringing his complete value to €49m. Diaz is predicted to depart the Liverpool camp throughout the subsequent 24 hours as Slot prepares his squad for a gathering with Yokohama F Marinos on Wednesday.
Liverpool are looking for to usher in funds, having this summer time signed Florian Wirtz, a long-term Bayern goal, and Hugo Ekitike in two of the most important offers in membership historical past, and it’s understood they’re exploring different offers. There are continued hyperlinks made to Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, who’s open to a transfer from Tyneside. Darwin Núñez, additionally linked with a switch, additionally didn’t play in opposition to Milan recreation, although Slot stated the Uruguayan ahead was absent on health grounds.
The completion of the Díaz deal will imply approaching £190m could have been made in participant gross sales since Richard Hughes turned sporting director in June 2024.
In Hong Kong, Slot affirmed he was completely satisfied along with his centre-backs, regardless of the sale of Jarell Quansah indicating a emptiness. The Crystal Palace captain, Marc Guéhi, is the title main the hypothesis on that entrance.
Slot stated: “I don’t assume now we have a priority at centre-back. When it comes to depth? I believe Ryan [Gravenberch] confirmed in the present day, by the way in which, that he can play in that place. He did it final season as properly. Though everyone knows we favour him as a No 6. Wata [Endo] can play there. Joe Gomez solely has a minor harm.”
The brand new arrivals Jeremie Frimpong, left-back Milos Kerkez and goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili all performed within the second half of the pleasant on Saturday, with Wirtz making his first begin.
In the meantime, João Félix is departing Chelsea for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr for a deal which will finally attain round £44m, with an preliminary £26.2m upfront. Felix joined Chelsea for the same sum in August 2024 from Atlético Madrid, having beforehand been a Stamford Bridge loanee within the second half of 2022-23. In January, he headed to Milan on mortgage after simply three Premier League begins after that return.
The Portuguese ahead, 25, who value Atlético €127m again in 2019, has had an undistinguished spell in English soccer over these two spells, scoring 5 objectives in 28 appearances, a spectator as Chelsea gained the Convention League and the Membership World Cup this summer time. Chelsea’s signings of Liam Delap, João Pedro and Jamie Gittens have additional closed down his possibilities of making Enzo Maresca’s aspect. At Al-Nassr, he’ll companion compatriot, Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he shares an agent, Jorge Mendes.
The Everton supervisor, David Moyes, has confirmed a bid for Bayern Munich left-back, Adam Aznou, and stated his crew want a major variety of signings for the membership’s first season in a brand new stadium.
“We’ve got made a suggestion, whether or not it’s accepted, or whether or not it’s all carried out,” stated Moyes of Aznou, a 19-year-old former Barcelona trainee. “He’s a younger participant, he’s a younger left-back.”
Moyes, talking after his crew misplaced 3-0 to Bournemouth in a pre-season pleasant: “If I’m trustworthy, we’ve truly tried to focus on the extra senior gamers if we will, gamers who’re perhaps over the age of 25 with Premier League expertise.”
In a Friday look on the Males In Blazers present, Moyes had stated his squad required “9 or ten” and at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium clarified these phrases: “We’ve signed three so when you take them off, we’re most likely in want of one other 5 or 6 gamers presumably. That’s what now we have to attempt to do.”
