Bayern Munich chief Uli Hoeness has claimed that Luis Diaz’s agent ‘gave everything’ to seal his move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich. The Colombian winger ended a successful spell on Merseyside in the summer.

Bayern ended up paying £65.5mfor Diaz’s services. He was among a host of first-team stars to leave the club - Darwin Nunez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jarell Quansah and Caoimhín Kelleher all among those to follow him out of the exit door.

Hoeness has since opened up on Diaz’s move to Munich and has praised his agent for facilitating the switch. Speaking to Bild about agents in football, he said: “Luis Díaz’s agent, for instance, fought hard to get him from Liverpool, which was very difficult.

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“He gave everything for his client and still always spoke fairly with Liverpool. We’re happy to pay someone like that.”

Diaz has earned praise across his debut season in Bayern, having scored 19 goals and provided a further 15 assists in just 32 appearances in all competitions. Speaking about his performances, Bayern boss Vincent Kompany said: "He had a short break in December, which was important for him at that moment.

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“But then, we had another stretch of 7 matches in 20 days in January. He has incredible energy—Lucho is a machine. There are tough moments at times, but he brings exactly the same intensity to training on Mondays. That’s helped us tremendously this season.”

Hoeness’ praise for Diaz’s agent comes at the same time that he has criticised the representatives of Dayot Upamecano. The French defender is out of contract at the end of the season, with negotiations over a renewed deal having stalled.

Speaking about the situation, Hoeness said: “Do you know what’s so disastrous about that? In Upamecano’s case, the agents either wanted to drive up our price or push him to another club, and as a thank you, we were supposed to pay them a signing bonus. That’s a contradiction in terms that we shouldn’t tolerate any longer.

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He added: “That word ‘no’ will be heard more often in the future. We’re all in agreement on that at the club. We might even put one or two agents – if they behave unfairly – on a list and tell them that we will no longer sign players they represent. That would be the next step.”

Bayern Munich are currently favourites to win the Bundesliga this season. They sit six points clear of force rivals Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table ahead of this weekend’s clash vs Eintracht Frankfurt.

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