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Luis Diaz joined Bayern Munich in a \u00a365.5m deal from Liverpool last summer (Europa Press via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Steven Gerrard admits he would welcome Luis Diaz back at Liverpool and believes the club have no chance of signing Michael Olise from Bayern Munich this summer.<\/p>\n

Diaz played a key role in Liverpool\u2019s Premier League title success last season before the club allowed him to move to Bayern in a \u00a365.5 million deal last summer.<\/p>\n

Liverpool are now in the market to replace Mohamed Salah, who is leaving Anfield at the end of the season, and Olise has been linked with a return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n

However, Gerrard feels Olise has no reason to leave Bayern and backs the 24-year-old to impress for France at the World Cup this summer.<\/p>\n

\u2018When you are a full-back playing up against a winger, they normally have a weak side and you show them one way or another, depending what foot they are,\u2019 Gerrard told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n

\u2018The problem with him is he can go both ways, his right foot is just as strong as his left. You really want to show him on his right foot because that\u2019s probably his weaker side, but you see some of the assists he\u2019s getting, some of the finishes with his right foot.<\/p>\n

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Steven Gerrard doubts whether Liverpool can sign Michael Olise this summer (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018If you leave him in one-versus-one situations, you are in major trouble.\u2019<\/p>\n

Asked if he would take Olise at Liverpool, Gerrard replied: \u2018All day long.<\/p>\n

\u2018But the problem is, why would he leave Bayern? A big club, challenging for the big honours, and they are probably the strongest Bayern Munich team we have seen for a while.<\/p>\n

\u2018He is about to take the World Cup by storm come the summer. He looks like a really happy kid, settled, to me, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going anywhere.<\/p>\n

\u2018But, yes, would I love him at Liverpool. And you know what, I wouldn\u2019t mind Diaz back as well. I\u2019m missing him, I\u2019m missing him.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gerrard\u2019s former Liverpool teammate, Jamie Carragher, believes the club were right to cash in on Diaz.<\/p>\n

Asked if Liverpool were wrong to sell the Colombia international last year, Carragher said on CBS Sports: \u2018No. They miss him as a player, 100 per cent, there\u2019s no doubt, and that was always going to be the case, he was a really good player for Liverpool.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Carragher insists Liverpool were right to sell Luis Diaz (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018But sometimes you get presented deals as a club and at the time that was a good deal for Liverpool.<\/p>\n

\u2018Liverpool I think bought Luis Diaz for \u00a340 million, they had him for four seasons maybe, he was due for a new contract, he\u2019d been on the same contract since he came, so he wasn\u2019t on huge wages and the next one would have put him on a big contract and Liverpool would have had him until his early 30s, which is probably not what they wanted ideally.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bayern Munich had a problem because they tried to get Florian Wirtz, obviously he came to Liverpool, then [Jamal] Musiala got injured during the Club World Cup, so they were desperate for a player, I think they ended up paying \u00a370m for Luis Diaz at 28, so the whole package was a good deal.<\/p>\n

\u2018But listen, he\u2019s still a really good player, you saw that last season for Liverpool and we\u2019re now seeing it for Bayern. But I wouldn\u2019t criticise the club for it.\u2019<\/p>\n

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