Bayern Munich and Liverpool have made very concrete progress in transfer negotiations over Díaz. Despite Liverpool publicly rejecting offers, the player's stance is clear: he has informed Bayern that he wants to transfer to the club, and this commitment has filled Bayern with confidence in these “negotiations.”
Díaz's transfer fee is expected to be €60 million, plus potential bonuses. While he lacks resale value due to his age, Bayern executives should not be troubled by this.
Instead, they are more focused on immediately improving the team, with one reason being the substantial prize money from recently concluded competitions such as the Club World Cup or Champions League, which represents a significant source of income.
Following Diogo Jota's horrific incident, Bayern did not enter transfer talks, but it is said they made it clear to Díaz's agent that they still want the forward.
From the Nico Williams saga, Bayern has learned two lessons:
They are unwilling to match Athletic Bilbao's offer of over €10 million in annual after-tax salary.
Furthermore, if a player prefers to stay in their home country rather than take on the next sporting challenge, they may lack the character traits Bayern needs. Bringing the winning mentality back to the team is the head coach's top priority.
Based on this, Bayern are no longer considering Cody Gakpo, while Chelsea's Christopher Nkunku (27) remains on the transfer market, and he continues his partnership with agent Pini Zahavi (82).
Nkunku is willing to transfer, but Chelsea has previously rejected offers of a loan with an option to buy.
Other details: Bayern have also not considered offering Thomas Müller a short-term contract, and Paul Wanner will be loaned out to gain more playing time.
One criticism leveled at Bayern's sporting director Jochen Ebel is that he has not clearly enough informed players that they are no longer relied upon by the team.
