"I think you're spending the money on Isak. You're spending the money on Wirtz. You have Gakpo, and you're getting offered what? Nearly 70 million for a guy who's 29 years old. I mean hindsight's dead easy isn't it. I'm thinking now, Diaz doing what he's doing not just for Liverpool last year but what he's doing for Bayern, but at the time it seemed like a very sensible and great business deal."
"So now there weren't too many people complaining, let me put it that way. All the so-called experts, nobody said Liverpool are crazy, Liverpool are mad. Why are they doing this? Nobody said that at all."
Steve Nicol defends Liverpool's decision to sell Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich for nearly €70 million, arguing it represented sound business at the time. With established forwards like Mohamed Salah, Luis Gakpo, and incoming signings Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak, the sale appeared strategically justified. Nicol notes that few experts criticized the move when it occurred. However, Diaz's strong performances for Bayern and Liverpool's subsequent struggles to replace him have made the decision appear questionable in hindsight. Gakpo has struggled to fill the void left by Diaz's departure this season.
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