Liverpool have agreed to signal Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz in a deal that would rise to a British switch document payment of £116 million (€136m), sources instructed ESPN.
Liverpool noticed two bids rejected by Leverkusen — who had initially wished £126m for Wirtz — earlier than accepting an preliminary £100m fee, plus bonuses of as much as £16m.
Sources instructed ESPN that ought to these add-ons be triggered, Wirtz’s switch payment would surpass that of Moisés Caicedo, who joined Chelsea from Brighton & Hove Albion in the summertime of 2023.
Wirtzm who was No. 2 on the ESPN 100 record of attacking midfielders, will turn into Liverpool’s club-record signing, overtaking the £85m acquisition of Darwin Núñez in 2022.
Liverpool noticed off main competitors for the 22-year-old’s signature from Bayern Munich, Manchester Metropolis and Actual Madrid, with senior Anfield figures hopeful the participant might have the identical transformational impression as Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker since they joined in 2018.
Wirtz will turn into Liverpool’s second signing of the summer time following the arrival of former Leverkusen teammate Jeremie Frimpong. Arne Slot’s facet are additionally taken with Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez.
