Liverpool coach Slot confirmed that Louis Diaz is absent due to transfer rumors

Liverpool coach Arne Slot confirmed that Liverpool striker Luis Díaz missed Saturday's pre-match friendly against AC Milan as fans have been speculating that he will leave Liverpool's Anfield Stadium this summer.

It is reported that the Colombia international decided to leave Liverpool in the current transfer window and hopes to join Bayern Munich, but the transfer fee of 67.5 million euros (79.2 million US dollars) that Bayern Munich had previously quoted was rejected by Liverpool, and Liverpool is looking forward to receiving a higher transfer fee offer.

Although Louis Dias was selected for the 29-man squad for Liverpool's pre-season Asian Tour, he did not participate in the pre-match warm-up match in Hong Kong on Saturday, in which Liverpool lost 2-4 to AC Milan.

Slott said at a press conference: "There are a lot of transfer rumors around him lately, and I can't talk about this." “He trained well with us, but we decided not to let him play now.”

Slott confirmed that he had discussed the situation with Louis Diaz, adding: "I am used to talking to most of my players regularly. Like I said, Diaz did a great job in training and we have decided that he would not play now. I can't comment more on this." As for whether Diaz himself wants to leave Liverpool, Slott said: "I don't want to go back to this matter."

Diaz spent his most prolific season at Liverpool last year, scoring 17 goals and helping Liverpool win the Premier League title. However, the 28-year-old Colombia player has made it clear to Liverpool officials that he wants to leave, according to sources. Sources said Liverpool also rejected Barcelona's transfer fee offer earlier this summer.

Darwin Nunes also missed this Saturday's friendly match, and he is also the speculator of the transfer this summer. However, Slot said the absence of the Uruguayan striker and midfielder Wataru Endo is a health issue.

Slott said: "The current situation in Nunez is that he is doing well in training and has played a few good games for us this season." "But he was injured, so we didn't want to take the risk to get him on the court." Endo Katsuki was a little bit the same - he trained with us for a whole week, but we didn't want him to take the risk to get him on the court either. In this case, we think Nunez and Endo are wiser to not play today, but I think they will play with us when we play the next warm-up match in Japan”.