Luis Diaz’ move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich is imminent but a new update has revealed the Colombian’s actual transfer fee.
On Sunday, it was reported that Bayern and Liverpool had agreed a £65.5 million fee for Diaz, who has been keen to leave the Reds for a new challenge despite winning the Premier League last term.
He was left out of their squad for the pre-season friendly loss to AC Milan and is expected to land in Munich on Tuesday to undergo a medical and sign his Bayern contract.
The sale of Diaz follows the £10 million departure of Trent Alexander-Arnold, with many feeling as though the exit will free up funds to continue their mammoth summer spree and go all out for wantaway Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.
However, a fresh report claims the fee for Diaz is not as much as first thought.
According to German outlet BILD, Bayern have agreed to pay Liverpool a flat fee of £58.6 million – with a potential £6.5 million in bonus payments for the former Porto forward.
Liverpool paid around £42.5 million to sign Diaz but will no look to reinvest the money and add to their four major signings this summer, with Isak seen as the final piece of the jigsaw.
As per Fabrizio Romano among many other reporters, Liverpool are now set to go big for the Swede and are “ready to enter strong with record proposal” in the imminent future.
Isak has asked to leave the club in pursuit of new challenge and has not travelled with the Magpies for their pre-season tour of Asia, with the club citing a minor thigh problem.
Liverpool can still afford Alexander Isak
Liverpool have already splashed out more than £280 million on the likes of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Milos Kerkez and Hugo Ekitike but can still afford a mega move for Isak.
They earned £174.9 million in prize money for winning the Premier League last term and it was reported that the Merseyside giants have benefitted from FSG’s decision to renew the £350m revolving credit facility which was due to expire this month.
As a result, they technically still have another £90 million to spend under the PSR rules and a £150 million deal for Isak would be amortised over a five-year period – effectively meaning £30 million would go into the this year’s set of accounts.