Champions League winner left disappointed by £65m Liverpool transfer - 'I don't know the inside story'

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And the 2005 Champions League winner says the Colombia winger was a huge reason for the Reds sweeping their way to the Premier League title.Diaz scored 17 goals in all competitions last season as Liverpool won their 20th championship by 10 points but was sold to Bayern in July in a deal worth £65m after turning down two separate contract offers.The Reds had initially been relaxed about the winger's future but having rejected an advance from Barcelona in June, they felt the offer from the German champions was too good to turn down for a player who turns 29 in January.READ MORE: Alexis Mac Allister issue now clear as seven Liverpool players give Arne Slot serious worryAnd Cisse, who played for Liverpool between 2004 and 2007, having joined in a club-record deal worth £14m from Auxerre, feels his old are missing Diaz.“Luis Diaz was such an important player for Liverpool on that left hand side,” Cisse told Poker Strategy.“The way he created chances and scored goals so frequently was such a big reason for Liverpool's success over the past few years.“I don’t know the inside story of what happened over summer and in the months beforehand, but it certainly seems like Diaz has been a huge loss ever since he was sold to Bayern Munich."He’s been performing really well in the Bundesliga as well, so he’s still clearly a top player. I think Liverpool miss his ability on the ball when they go forward.”Diaz has started life in Munich in impressive fashion and scored twice in the 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt before the international break, opening his account for the afternoon after just 15 seconds.That goal, unsurprisingly, was the quickest in the Bundesliga so far this season and after Harry Kane had registered to make it 2-0, Diaz grabbed his second late on to give Vincent Kompany's side a 10th consecutive victory this term.“Considering that this is his first season and his first steps in Germany, he’s been impressive,” Kompany said recently.

“His activity and energy fit very well into the team."He’s always involved, always there. He works very hard for the team.

There’s no pressure from me on Luis Diaz, I’m not asking him to do things the others are not doing. But as I said his energy suits this team very well.”"The team is making it very easy for me on the pitch,” Diaz said in a recent interview with German publication Bild.“We have a lot of great players, especially up front, who don’t just think about scoring goals themselves, but also help their team-mates."That gives me a lot of security and confidence.