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.

Diaz played a key role in Liverpool’s Premier League title success last season before the club allowed him to move to Bayern in a £65.5 million deal last summer.

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.

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.

‘When 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,’ Gerrard told TNT Sports.

‘The 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’s probably his weaker side, but you see some of the assists he’s getting, some of the finishes with his right foot.

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