Steve Nicol responds to Liverpool criticism over the sale of Luis Diaz

"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."

Luis Diaz has excelled at Bayern Munich since joining last summer, scoring 14 goals and 10 assists in 24 Bundesliga matches, prompting questions about Liverpool's decision to sell him for £65 million. While some view this as a significant error, Steve Nicol argues the sale made strategic sense at the time. Liverpool chose to extend Mohamed Salah's contract instead of Diaz and invested in other attackers like Gakpo, Wirtz, and Isak. Selling a 29-year-old for nearly £70 million appeared prudent business, and few criticized the decision when announced. Hindsight makes the transaction seem problematic, but contemporary analysis supported Liverpool's choice.

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