Liverpool news: 'How on earth did Liverpool let him slip through their fingers?' - Ex-Manchester City star fumes over Diaz exit

Luis Diaz has been 1 of the standout names successful Bayern Munich's stellar season, with the Bavarian nine having clinched their 35th Bundesliga rubric with games to spare and inactive successful contention for Champions League glory.

However, contempt leaving Liverpool to articulation the German giants astir a twelvemonth ago, the Colombian's merchantability inactive appears to rise question marks astir the Reds' determination to fto the subordinate go.

Micah Richards baffled by Reds' decision

Former Manchester City right-back Micah Richards, who is present a pundit, questioned wherefore the nine opted to enactment Diaz connected the marketplace and support Cody Gakpo successful his spot instead.

"We person to beryllium perfectly honorable present due to the fact that I conscionable can't wrapper my caput astir it. Are you telling maine you're selling Luis Diaz to support Gakpo? Honestly, that's not conscionable a atrocious shot decision, it's a shocking one. It's perfectly ridiculous! You're sitting determination watching Diaz astatine Bayern Munich, and he's tearing it isolated connected the biggest stage."

For the erstwhile England planetary and awesome of the 'old City', wherever helium won the Premier League and the FA Cup, Diaz has decisive qualities to 'change the game', arsenic was demonstrated during the archetypal limb of the Champions League semi-final.

"Electrifying. He's scoring against Real Madrid and PSG, and you're near wondering, 'How connected world did Liverpool fto him gaffe done their fingers?' The feline is simply a full game-changer. He brings chaos, energy, pace, power, those moments of magic. When helium bursts down that wing, it's unbelievable. Liverpool didn't conscionable suffer a squad player, they mislaid a gem. An implicit gem." 

Richards's stance was besides echoed by Jamie Carragher, a Reds icon who spent his full nonrecreational vocation astatine Anfield. The erstwhile defender revealed that helium believed helium would ne'er spot Diaz wearing different club's garment different than Liverpool's.

"Luis Diaz was ne'er the close subordinate to merchantability successful the summer, thing I inactive find hard and frustrating to understand." The erstwhile centre-back struggled to find a crushed for the move, adding that this benignant of subordinate is hard to regenerate oregon find a comparable subordinate for successful the market.

How Luis Diaz has been important for Bayern

Diaz's archetypal play astatine Bayern Munich has been 1 to remember. Beyond the home rubric and the Champions League run, the near winger is portion of Europe's top-scoring attacking trio, alongside Harry Kane and Michael Olise.

But individually, the subordinate has surpassed his ain idiosyncratic bests. Diaz registered his champion ever commencement to a play aft netting 7 goals successful his archetypal 11 nine matches successful continental competitions. The archetypal clip helium reached that fig was successful the 2021-22 season, erstwhile helium was playing for Porto.

The quality is that, this clip around, the Colombian has besides racked up six assists, making 2025-26 the champion commencement to Diaz's European vocation successful presumption of extremity contributions.

Now, successful the closing stretch, the winger has 26 goals and 17 assists crossed 46 appearances for Bayern. And those numbers could emergence further, arsenic Vincent Kompany's broadside inactive person 5 matches to play, including the German Cup final.

The Colombian joined the Bavarian nine successful the past summertime transportation window, successful a woody that earned Liverpool £64m. However, the departure from Anfield was felt by immoderate supporters, including nine fable Steven Gerrard.