Luis Diaz left out of Milan game due to discussions over Liverpool future, says Arne Slot
The Colombian attacker is being pursued by Bayern Munich, who had an opening offer of €67.5million (£58.6m; $78.8m) rejected earlier this month. The Bundesliga outfit remain determined to secure his service as talks between the clubs continue.
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'In Lucho's situation it was (linked to his future), yeah,' Slot said.
'There are a lot of rumours around it lately and I cannot go into that. He is training really well with us but we have decided, for now, not to play him yet.
'Yes (I've spoken to Diaz about it) but I am used to talking to most of my players on a regular basis. Like I said, Lucho is training really well but we've decided that he is best not playing at the moment in the games and I cannot comment much more than that.'
Darwin Nunez was another high profile absentee against Milan. The Uruguayan has also been heavily linked with a move away from Anfield this summer. However, Slot insisted that his absence was fitness related.
'In Darwin's situation, he has trained really well and played a few good games for us already this pre-season. He was injured so we didn't want to take the risk,' he added.
'It was also the same with Wata (Endo) — trained with us all week but we didn't want to take a risk with him either. It is part of pre-season, the boys need to get towards match fitness and that is a thin balance, a thin line sometimes. In this situation we thought it was smarter for Darwin and Wata to sit it out today but I assume they will be with us when we are in Japan for the next game.'
Asked if Diaz wants to leave Liverpool, Slot said: 'I am not the person to ask.'
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