Florian Wirtz is reportedly ready to fly to Liverpool to complete his transfer from Bayer Leverkusen. The Reds submitted a $147 million offer for Wirtz in Friday after edging out Bayern Munich in the race to sign the Germany international.
If and when Liverpool and Leverkusen come to an agreement over a transfer fee, Wirtz will be authorized by his current club to travel to Merseyside to undergo a medical.
Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano reported on his YouTube channel that the player is ready to make the journey to England.
“Liverpool are working on it," he said. "The negotiation is underway with Bayer Leverkusen, the official bid is on the table. The player has an agreement with Liverpool, the player wants to go to Liverpool. The player is ready to fly as soon as Liverpool and Leverkusen will authorise him for formal steps.
“Everything is ready for Florian Wirtz to become a new Liverpool player, but working on the agreement between clubs on the add-ons structure. (There is) big confidence and optimism to bring Florian Wirtz, very soon, to Anfield.”
German outlet Bild, which first broke the story about Liverpool’s second bid, claims that an “important point” in the transfer saga is the player’s training fee and who should pay it.
The outlet states five percent of the transfer price will be “distributed to the clubs for which the star played between the ages of 12 and 23”. Wirtz joined Leverkusen from Koln at the age of 16.
The training fee will be around $3.4 million ($3 million), and it remains unclear who will pay that sum if a transfer is concluded.
Meanwhile, Liverpool is reportedly among the main suitors for Monaco attacking midfielder Maghnes Akliouche, who is said to be valued at $79 million to $91 million.
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Liverpool is said to be showing a strong interest in signing Akliouche, along with other Premier League teams in Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, and Tottenham.
No talks have taken place between Monaco and any of the aforementioned clubs, but Caught Offside reports that he was monitored closely over the course of the season.
Paris Saint-Germain is also said to be interested in Akliouche, but Monaco would prefer to sell him to an overseas club over seeing him join a direct rival.
Considering Liverpool is seemingly about to sign Wirtz for a club-record fee, while also signing Jeremie Frimpong, and potentially Milos Kerkez, it feels unlikely that the club would sign another player for such a large amount of money.