Florian Wirtz. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)Florian Wirtz. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
Florian Wirtz. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images
Florian Wirtz is closing in on a move to Liverpool in the summer transfer window.
Liverpool’s move for Florian Wirtz will be completed ‘in a matter of days’ according to reports.
German newspaper BILD suggests that the deal for Wirtz to join the Reds is ‘on the home stretch’. It is said that the playmaker has agreed a contract until 2030 with Liverpool and now discussions are ongoing with Bayer Leverkusen over a transfer fee.
It’s suggested that Liverpool are willing to pay £100 million in addition to up to £12 million in performance-based bonuses, which will smash the club’s current transfer record. The add-ons include certain factors that can easily be achieved, such as Champions League qualification, and more difficult things that would be winning Europe’s elite club competition.
However, Leverkusen are said to be holding out for closer to their valuation of £126 million, with Liverpool trying to bring that figure. Five per cent of the fee will head to FC Koln, the club where Wirtz came through the ranks before joining Leverkusen aged 16. Regardless, BILD says that the two teams ‘are not very far apart in the overall package, a quick agreement seems likely’.
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