Liverpool Transfer News: Star officially jets out to COMPLETE enormous deal
Liverpool have completed some of the absolute biggest transfers in this window, including the biggest. Florian Wirtz's record arrival from Bayer Leverkusen rocked football.
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The Reds have also gone out and broken their transfer record at both left-back and right-back, while Hugo Ekitike joined from Eintracht Frankfurt for around €80m. It's been a massive summer - we've never seen the like.
But it really isn't going to stop there. Liverpool want Alexander Isak from Newcastle United, for one, and he'll cost a potential British record fee if they decide to sell.
And even that's not the lot. The Reds continue to bring stars in and that means stars must leave.
Some of the most expensive sales in Liverpool's histoy are expected and it appears one of them is about to go through. It's now just a matter of time.
Luis Diaz flies out to Munich
James Pearce is one of many journalists reporting that Luis Diaz has now said goodbye to Liverpool and flown out to complete a move to Bayern Munich. It's a deal we've all been expecting for the last week and now it's going to go through.
Bayern, along with Barcelona, have courted Diaz for well over a month now. They initially saw at least one offer rejected for the Colombian, though they've now found a complete agreement with Liverpool.
Funnily enough, their attention turned to Diaz after they lost out on Wirtz. The German was seen as an absolute certainty to join Bayern before ultimately picking Liverpool.
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