Bavaria’s desired player Luis Díaz
His parents were victims of a kidnapping
07/28/2025 – 12:50 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Luis Díaz is expected to sign a contract at FC Bayern this week. Almost two years ago, he went through a dramatic time.
The change from offensive player Luis Díaz At Bayern, FC Bayern is apparently imminent. In the negotiations with Liverpool FC, only last details are said to be clarified; According to the transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the Colombian will travel to Munich for the mandatory medical check and the contract signature in Munich on Monday.
The transfer for the 28-year-old should be around 75 million euros, as the “Bild” newspaper reported. Díaz will receive a four-year contract and rise to the top earners at the German football record champions. The TV broadcaster Sky also reported a breakthrough in the negotiations.
With Díaz, Bayern get their wing player after a long search – and a man who has already experienced a big drama.
It was less than two years ago that Díaz experienced the most difficult time in his life. In October 2023, his parents, Luis Manuel Díaz and Cilenis Marulanda, were kidnapped at a petrol station in their Colombian hometown Barrancas.
At that time, armed men on motorcycles dragged the parents of the football star. The “Ejército de Liberación Nacional” or “eln”, an extremely left guerrilla movement was responsible. The police were able to free Díaz mother again after only one day, but his father stayed in captivity longer.
The kidnapping hit high waves in Colombia, even the military switched to the search for Díaz senior. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro had previously stated that all public emergency services would be made available for the search.
Díaz at that time teammates and coach Jürgen Klopp were also deeply affected by the fate of her teammate. In the Premier League game against Nottingham Forest, who missed Díaz due to the hostage-taking, his now late teammate Diogo Jota held up the Colombian’s jersey with the number number seven after a goal. The then coach Klopp also spoke of one of the most difficult games in his career. In a later game, in which Díaz took part again, he contributed his own goal and then showed a T-shirt with the inscription “Freedom for Papa”.
Ultimately, the drama went out positively for the Díaz family. After 13 long days in captivity, the Guerillas Díaz senior released again.