Luis Diaz Praises Bayern's New Star Jamal Brown

Luis Diaz hails Bayern’s new €50m star – but admits German is still beating him

Luis Diaz’s eyes lit up when he first saw Jamal Brown in a Bayern Munich shirt. The Colombian did not bother hiding it.

“Spectacular. In the first matches I thought: wow,” he told Sky. “He really surprised me, he has enormous potential.”

Brown arrived from Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer for 50 million euros and has wasted no time justifying the fee. What stands out is not just his quality, but his range. With Bayern stretched for numbers early in the campaign, Vincent Kompany pushed the 23-year-old left-back into attacking midfield.

Super Cup against Borussia Dortmund? Brown in midfield. League games against VfB Stuttgart and FC Schalke 04? Same story. Only recently has he dropped back into his more familiar role on the left of the defence.

For Diaz, that positional shuffle is no small thing.

“This flexibility gives us a big advantage. We have brought in a great player. He will definitely help us move forward,” he said, sounding every bit like a senior voice in the dressing room.

Brown is not the only big-money arrival Diaz has quickly warmed to. Bayern also paid 50 million euros for Ismael Saibari, signed from PSV Eindhoven in the same window. The Colombian’s verdict is short but telling.

“A good lad, and luckily he speaks Spanish. It is very important to have someone here I can talk to in my own language,” Diaz said.

Because for all the on-pitch comfort, life off it is still a battle with the basics.

A year on from swapping Liverpool for Bavaria, the 29-year-old admits German continues to trip him up.

“The language is certainly one of the few things I struggle with,” he said. “Adapting to that is not so easy. But otherwise I can’t complain about anything. The city is incredible. There is so much you can do here if you have the time. I am very happy here.”

On the field, Bayern have started with the kind of authority that calms any early-season nerves: five wins and one draw from their first six competitive matches. Diaz has chipped in with one goal, but the numbers do not tell the full story. He has recently passed up several clear chances, the sort of opportunities he usually buries.

He does not sound rattled.

“I am searching for my best version and I will find it soon,” he insisted. “I think that goal will come in the next game.”

That next game arrives on Friday, when Bayern host Union Berlin at the Allianz Arena before the season pauses for the international break. Brown is already thriving, Saibari is bedding in, and Diaz is hunting that sharper, ruthless version of himself.

If the finishing finally matches the fluency, Bayern’s early momentum could harden into something far more ominous for the rest of the league.