Liverpool have agreed to sell Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich in a deal worth £65.5million.
Diaz, who has two years remaining on his Liverpool contract, was given permission to leave the club’s Asia tour on Sunday.
He was in Tokyo with the team, but will travel and undergo a medical over the next 24 hours.
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.
Liverpool made two separate attempts to agree a contract extension but failed to find accord 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.
Liverpool forward Luis Diaz will join Bayern Munich in a £65.5million deal
Diaz (pictured, second from left) did not feature for Arne Slot’s side during pre-season
Bayern, managed by Vincent Kompany, held long-term interest in Colombian ace Diaz
Liverpool have now accepted the offer after securing what the club considers to be full market value.
Diaz joined Liverpool in January 2022 for a guaranteed £37.5m plus add-ons, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract.
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.
