Luis Diaz has departed Liverpool’s pre-season camp in Japan ahead of sealing a £65.5million move to Bayern Munich.
The Colombian was omitted from the Premier League champion’s pre-season clash against AC Milan on Saturday as his move to Bavaria drew closer.
Diaz, who joined Liverpool from Porto in January 2022, was reportedly given permission to undergo his medical by the Anfield club following the agreement with Bayern.
But on Monday morning UK time, he was pictured with the Liverpool squad as they stopped by the Ekoin Temple.
The 28-year-old has now said his goodbyes to Liverpool having boarded a flight to Munich in the afternoon.
Liverpool rejected Bayern’s initial advances and an offer around £58.5m insisting Diaz was not for sale, but the Germans returned with a second offer of £65.5m including add-ons.
Luis Diaz has departed Liverpool’s pre-season camp in Japan ahead a move to Bayern Munich
Diaz (centre) was pictured with his soon-to-be former team-mates on Monday morning
The winger (pictured, second from left) did not feature for the Reds at the weekend
Bayern, managed by Vincent Kompany, have held long-term interest in Colombian ace Diaz
Liverpool made two separate attempts to agree a contract extension but failed to find an agreement as there was too big a gap between offers and demands.
Throughout the summer, Liverpool had been unwilling to sell but Diaz and his representatives pushed for a move. He first signalled a wish to leave in the summer of 2024, but the club held firm.
On Saturday, manager Arne Slot confirmed that Diaz was left out of the squad to face AC Milan due to speculation surrounding his future, while Darwin Nunez missed out due to injury.
‘One of the positions that we didn’t have was a No 9,’ Slot told LFC TV after the 4-2 defeat.
‘We had one, Hugo [Ekitike], but he wasn’t ready to play yet. Darwin was injured. Lucho [Luis Diaz] couldn’t play as well. In Lucho’s situation it was, yeah [the reason why he was left out].
‘There’s a lot of rumours around him lately and I cannot go into that. He’s training well with us but we have decided, for now, not to play him yet.
‘I’m used to talking to most of my players on a regular basis. Like I said, Lucho is training really well and we’ve decided that he’s not playing at the moment in the games. I cannot comment much more about that.’
Liverpool retain an interest in Newcastle Alexander Isak while they also plan to add a centre back with Marc Guehi of Crystal Palace and Chelsea target Jorrel Hato, of Ajax, among names on their list.
