Liverpool submitted an offer of club record record of € 130 million ($ 147 million) this summer to sign Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz, said a source, as ESPN.
The conditions presented by the Premier League Champions would surpass the deal for striker Darwin Núñez in 2022, which could still reach 85 million pounds with add-ons.
Von Wirtz had expected it to stay in the Bundesliga next season, either with Leverkusen or with German champion Bayern Munich. However, ESPN announced that Wirtz is interested in a step into the Premier League after he was impressed by the plans of Arne Slot.
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The German international, who recorded 57 goals and 65 templates in 197 appearances of Leverkusen, is strongly evaluated in Anfield and has shown that they can play in a variety of attack positions for both clubs and land.
The German coach Julian Nagelsmann, a former coach of Bayern Munich, said that he was not recommended to Wirtz on Friday.
“If he has the best feeling in Liverpool, he should have it, but I didn't recommend him not to go to Bayern Munich or another club,” he said during a press conference. “I didn't get on my way to say what is good and what is bad, but what is important to me as a national team, I give it to him and then he has to make the decision for himself.”
Wirtz was also associated with a move to Manchester City and was intended as a potential replacement for the outgoing Kevin de Bruyne.
However, ESPN reported beforehand that talks with Leverkusen and Wirtz's representatives led to the city decided to decide from the negotiating table, since the club bosses considered the deal as financially unprofitable.
The dialogue between Liverpool and Leverkusen is already taking and follows a 30 million pound deal for the back contract of Wing Jeremie Frimpong.
In this report, information from Reuters was used.
