Luis Diaz has been granted permission by Liverpool to depart their pre-season tour of Asia, with the winger set to travel to Germany ahead of his move to Bayern Munich within the next 24 hours.
This development comes as Liverpool and Bayern have reached a verbal agreement over a deal worth €75million for the Colombian international.
Díaz and his representatives actively pushed for the transfer, despite Liverpool making two separate attempts to extend his contract in recent weeks.
Diaz is set to sign a contract that will run until at least 2029.
He joined Liverpool in January 2022 for a guaranteed £37.5million, signing a 5.5-year contract.
With two years remaining on his deal and at 28 years old, this potential transfer would represent good business for Liverpool’s hierarchy.
On Saturday, manager Arne Slot confirmed that Diaz missed the Reds’ pre-season friendly defeat to AC Milan due to ongoing transfer speculation.
“He’s training really well with us,” Slot said, “but we’ve 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 he’s not playing at the moment. I cannot comment much more about that.”
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