Luis Díaz spent more than three years at Liverpool and left Anfield for Bayern Munich in July 2025.

Prior to joining the Bundesliga winners, Barcelona showed interest in the forward. The La Liga winners decided against making advances and ended up signing Marcus Rashford on loan from Manchester United last summer.

Barcelona’s inability to sign the former Liverpool star allowed Bayern Munich to secure his services.

Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeneß has sent praise the 29-year-old’s agent for getting him out of Liverpool. Tuesday’s edition of Bild have an interview with Hoeneß, which is their first in almost 10 years.

Agent’s key role in Liverpool exit

Hoeneß talked about the work put in by the Colombia international’s representative to help the Bundesliga winners sign him from the Reds, when discussing Dayot Upamecano’s renewal.

Four days ago, the France centre-back committed his future to the Bavarian club by signing an extension until 2030. His agents tried to use interest from other clubs to secure a bonus as part of the renewal. This clearly didn’t please Hoeneß.

“Do you know what’s so disastrous about that? In Upamecano’s case, the agents either wanted to drive up our price or push him...