Liverpool have made a brand new supply price a complete of £113m for Bayer Leverkusen attacker Florian Wirtz.
Liverpool have supplied Leverkusen £100m plus £13m in potential add-ons, however the bid is under the Bundesliga aspect’s asking value of £126m (€150m).
Wirtz desires to maneuver to Liverpool amid curiosity from Manchester Metropolis and Bayern Munich.
The Reds’ £113m supply is simply £2m under the £115m British switch file charge paid by Chelsea for Moises Caicedo from Brighton in August 2023.
Liverpool’s £113m supply could be a club-record deal, surpassing the £85m they paid for Darwin Nunez from Benfica in June 2022.
Wirtz was one of many Bundesliga’s most spectacular performers final season.
The 22-year-old, who has spent his complete senior profession at Leverkusen, scored 10 targets and registered 12 assists in 25 begins as his aspect completed runners-up to Bayern Munich, a 12 months on from successful a league and cup double.
Wirtz scored for Germany in Wednesday’s 2-1 Nations League semi-final defeat towards Portugal.
Wirtz might observe his former Leverkusen team-mate Jeremie Frimpong to Anfield after the Netherlands worldwide joined in a £29.5m deal.
Arne Slot’s aspect are additionally eyeing a deal for Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez.
The Premier League champions are rising more and more assured of signing the defender, who is known to be eager on the transfer, with private phrases not anticipated to be an issue.
Carra: Wirtz will begin immediately – a brand new striker is subsequent
Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool ought to transfer on to a centre ahead subsequent after finishing offers for Jeremie Frimpong, Wirtz and a brand new left-back.
The Reds have been strongly linked with Bournemouth’s Kerkez to affix at left-back – and Carragher desires a centre ahead subsequent.
“Throughout the season, I was still saying that Liverpool still need five or six players,” stated Carragher on The Overlap.
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Sky Sports activities’ William Bitibiri caught up with Leverkusen’s Nathan Tella on the Baller League, who explains what Liverpool can anticipate from Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz
“I think the left-back comes in and plays straight away, Frimpong will fight with Conor Bradley, Wirtz will play when he comes to the club. But I still think we need a centre forward. I think Liverpool will look to get their business done pretty early.
“Liverpool want a left-back, Andy Robertson wants assistance on that aspect and Kostas Tsimikas might be moved on. I’ve all the time felt that attacking midfield and left-back are the 2 areas which have jumped out to me within the final 12 to 18 months.
“Whether Wirtz comes in and plays in Szoboszlai’s role or plays from the left, I don’t know. But the next one is centre forward and I wouldn’t be surprised if once Liverpool get these three [Frimpong, Wirtz, and the left-back] done, the next one will be a centre forward.
“Because the window goes on, Liverpool will simply see who they’ll promote and what they’ll do – they could herald one other midfield participant or a centre-back to again up, however they’re going to simply assess what the state of affairs is.”
Why game-changer Wirtz is in demand – and the way he matches in at Reds
Wirtz is Germany’s gem, and the Bayer Leverkusen famous person is attracting curiosity from a few of the greatest golf equipment in Europe.
