Arne Slot on Bayern’s Luis Díaz: “You always miss good football players”

The current Liverpool gaffer admitted he misses the Colombian who left Merseyside to join Bayern, but felt the decision to sell him last summer was wise for the club’s financial purposes.

In a recent press conference amid a troublesome season for the reigning English champions, Liverpool coach Arne Slot was asked if he missed former player Luis Díaz. 

“You always miss good football players. He was so important for us last season, but he wasn’t the only one. There were more players that were influential in our results.

“But I think we have replaced them with very good players as well […] Luis Díaz is another example of how this club is run,” the Liverpool coach explained.

Slot went on to say the €75million recouped for Díaz which Bayern eventually offered, was accepted based on a sustainability model employed by the Merseyside giants.

“If this club gets, for a 28-year-old, an offer like that, then this club, because it is built on sustainability, chooses to sell a player and we are an exception in the Premier League.

“Especially at the top of the Premier League, for that. But that is why it is also so nice that we are able to achieve the things we have achieved in the last few years with that model.

“But he [Díaz] is doing very well at Bayern and that is not a surprise to me,” Slot said of the Colombian winger, who has registered 18 goals and 10 assists in 30 games this campaign.

The Liverpool “sustainability” model has already received some scrutiny from Bayern fans online given the Reds spent €483million last summer despite earning €220million on departures.