Florian Wirtz is edging closer to joining Liverpool in the summer transfer window.
Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann has labelled Florian Wirtz as ‘one of the best players in the world’.
Wirtz is closing in on a switch to Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen. The playmaker has snubbed a potential move to Bayern Munich in his homeland and favours a switch to Anfield.
The Reds have made a bid of up to £110 million including add-ons. That will become a club-record fee should Liverpool and Leverkusen agree terms.
Wirtz has been magnificent for Leverkusen in the past five years. He’s widely regarded as one of the best prospects in Europe. But Nagelsmann has gone even further and believes that the 22-year-old is already rubbing shoulders with the elite players in the game.
Speaking at a press conference as Germany prepare to face Portugal in the Nations League semi-final next week, Nagelsmann said: "I've never told a player: Move here or there. What matters is that he plays and that he plays a similar role in terms of significance to the one he played in Leverkusen. We know that he's one of the best players in the world.”
Wirtz joined Leverkusen from Cologne in 2020. He’s enjoyed a scintillating period at the BayArena, recording a total of 57 goals and 65 assists in 197 appearances. In the 2023-24 season, he was instrumental in a history-making campaign for Die Werkself. They claimed their maiden Bundesliga title - not losing a game along the way and ended Bayern Munich’s 11-year reign as champions.
Leverkusen were also crowned DFB-Pokal winners and the only game they suffered defeat in was in the Europa League final at the hands of Atalanta.
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