Report: Liverpool in talks to sign Wirtz after Bayern bail on Leverkusen star

Liverpool are in talks with Bayer Leverkusen over a club-record deal for Florian Wirtz that will additionally make him the most costly German participant of all time, in accordance with The Athletic’s David Ornstein.

Ornstein reported earlier Friday that Bayern Munich had conceded the race for Wirtz as he had already gone home searching within the northwest of England.

The price for Wirtz would reportedly eclipse the €85 million Liverpool spent to accumulate Darwin Nunez from Benfica in June 2022.

Manchester Metropolis have been anticipated to hitch the race for the 22-year-old however apparently backed off after they realized it might take €300 million in charges and wage to make a deal.

Liverpool had already agreed to signal Wirtz’s teammate, Leverkusen right-back Jeremie Frimpong, in a separate €35-million transaction.

Wirtz would carry a larger assure of targets and assists to Anfield than Liverpool’s present playmaker, Dominik Szoboszlai, who’s posted a modest return of 5 targets and 6 assists in 34 Premier League appearances this time period.

In distinction, Wirtz ended Leverkusen’s Bundesliga marketing campaign with 10 targets and 12 assists in 31 matches.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot did not welcome any new signings final summer season after inheriting the squad Jurgen Klopp helped construct however managed to steer the identical aspect to the membership’s twentieth English top-flight title.

Although Wirtz is a midfielder by commerce, he can play wherever alongside the entrance line, promising Slot the flexibleness he must retool his squad amid speak of Nunez and Luis Diaz doubtlessly departing this summer season.