Bayern Munich fans are now seeing why Liverpool really wanted to sell Luis Diaz
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Liverpool faced huge criticism last season for deciding to sell Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich without signing a replacement.To make matters worse for the Reds, Diaz went on to have a sensational season in Germany, posting a remarkable 45 goal contributions, scoring 26 times and laying on 19 assists.While Liverpool surely should have brought someone in to take Diaz’s place last year, they have now done that, with Bradley Barcola arriving for a massive £123m fee. Along with Barcola’s arrival, Diaz now looks to have reverted back to the player who so frustrated for Liverpool at times, with a poor start to the season highlighting exactly why he was allowed to leave.
The Frenchman could get his first start against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday Photo Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC Diaz starts the season slowly for BayernDiaz immediately took to life in Munich last summer, beginning to score right from his first game for the Bundesliga champions.However, after four games this season, the Colombian has one goal and zero assists, and has started to miss some of the types of chances Liverpool fans saw from him all too often.He so far has one goal from an xG of 2.49 in two Bundesliga matches, and missed two brilliant one-on-one chance to grab a winner for Bayern during Saturday’s game against Schalke.Similarly to his infamous miss against Manchester City after a sensational Mohamed Salah pass in 2024, Diaz shanked the second effort high and wide. Liverpool were right to take £65.5m for this version of Diaz.Diaz would have blocked Barcola arrivalHad Liverpool signed Barcola last summer, there would have been no complaints at all about his departure to Bayern.For whatever reason, though, Liverpool held off on buying the Frenchman.
With Diaz pushing to go and good money on the table for him, it was the right decision to let him leave.He did make Liverpool look like fools last season, but the chances are that the 25/26 campaign will be the best of Diaz’s whole career. If he continues on this trajectory and Barcola hits the ground running on Merseyside, nobody could ever argue that Liverpool were wrong to sell Diaz again.