{"id":306954,"date":"2025-07-31T15:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/306954\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:57:14","slug":"luis-diaz-glad-to-leave-liverpool-as-he-reveals-role-florian-wirtz-played-in-exit-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/306954\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz ‘glad’ to leave Liverpool as he reveals role Florian Wirtz played in exit decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luis Diaz has opened up on his decision to join Bayern Munich from Liverpool at his official unveiling\"LuisLuis Diaz speaks during his press conference after signing for Bayern Munich(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Luis Diaz has revealed he spoke to Florian Wirtz before leaving Liverpool for Bayern Munich. The Colombian completed a \u00a365.5m move to the Bavarian giants on Wednesday (July 30) after failing to agree a new contract with the Reds.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old\u2019s exit ensures he never actually played alongside Liverpool<\/a>\u2019s new record signing, having not featured for the Reds in pre-season amid uncertainty around his future.<\/p>\n

But that did not stop Diaz<\/a> from seeking Wirtz<\/a>\u2019s opinion ahead of his move to Bayern, with the Germany international – who snubbed the Bavarians\u2019 advances in favour of a switch to Anfield<\/a>, joining Liverpool in a deal worth up to \u00a3116m from fellow Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

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“I know what kind of football is played here,\u201d the former Liverpool forward said at his unveiling. \u201cFlorian told me that the Bundesliga has a high intensity, comparable to the Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stadiums are always full. Florian wished me a lot of luck.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Diaz spoke to Wirtz ahead of his move to Germany, he admitted he is yet to quiz his Colombia team-mate James Rodriguez about his new club.<\/p>\n

The former Everton<\/a> playmaker spent two seasons on loan at Bayern between 2017 and 2019, winning two Bundesliga titles and the DFB-Pokal.<\/p>\n

And Diaz intends to now reach out to his compatriot in search of advice.<\/p>\n

“I’ve not spoken with James that much yet,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I will get in touch with him to see what advice he can give me.”<\/p>\n

By leaving in a \u00a365.5m deal, Diaz became both Liverpool\u2019s third-most expensive sale and Bayern\u2019s third-most expensive signing.<\/p>\n

He is not fazed by his transfer fee though, with Diaz explaining why he wanted to join Bayern.<\/p>\n

“I give everything for the team I’m playing for,\u201d he said, \u201cI can’t say whether I’m worth the transfer fee, but I’m glad that it’s been concluded this way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like this club and want to settle in here as quickly as possible. I can play up front or on the wing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe coach has told me he sees me preferably on the left side, but I’ll play where I’m needed. I want to help the team, that’s the priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to join Bayern because the club’s aims are in line with mine and I wanted to move to a big team – the club has incredible history.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to win everything. My aim is to help the club and have success as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing at such a big club is special. I’m just happy to be part of the Bayern family. I’ve always dreamed of playing for the biggest clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m fulfilling a dream with this. It’s about getting used to the club as quickly as possible and helping the team.<\/p>\n

“I’m really looking forward to playing with the whole team. Harry Kane is a great striker with unbelievable qualities, who’ll support me a lot. Michael Olise has similar qualities to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll learn a lot from the others and I’m very happy to share a dressing room with them. I want to get to know them all.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz has opened up on his decision to join Bayern Munich from Liverpool at his official unveilingLuis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,2912,4884,112683,179,763,1596,8902,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-306954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-florian-wirtz","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-james-rodriguez","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-liverpool-fc","15":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","16":"tag-luis-diaz","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114948672516896788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}