If Florian Wirtz signs for Liverpool, which is the expectation at this point, then he will smash the Reds' existing transfer record. In all likelihood, he will end up being a British record transfer too.
It is understood that Liverpool has made a bid worth $135 million(£100 million) plus a further $18 million (£13 million) in add-ons for the 22-year-old playmaker. Talks are ongoing to reach a compromise in negotiations, with Bayer Leverkusen initially demanding a package worth as much as$170 million (£126 million).
But where would Wirtz land in terms of the most valuable players that Liverpool has? The answer is comfortably at the top of the list, even though Arne Slot's side has just won the Premier League title relatively comfortably.
Wirtz, as of last summer, was valued at $142 million (£104 million) by Statista. And that valuation, which is only likely to have increased since, is already well above the players who should soon become his teammates.
As of April 2025, Alexis Mac Allister was valued at $103 million (£76 million). He was the top Liverpool player on the list, slightly ahead of several others.
Luis Diaz came in at $97 million (£72 million), marginally ahead of Dominik Szoboszlai at $91 million (£67 million). Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch made up the top five at $80 million (£59 million) each.
Arne Slot, head coach of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre on April 09, 2025
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Transfermarkt has the same top five for Liverpool but with Diaz slightly lower down, possibly because his contract only has two years left to run on it. Currently, there have been no talks about an extension for the Colombian.
Mohamed Salah is seventh on the list, but that is likely because of his age. Meanwhile, Trent Alexander-Arnold was third on the list before departing for Real Madrid near the end of his contract.
"The slight discomfort from me, having been a big Liverpool signing, is that Liverpool traditionally have made players," Stan Collymore, who the Reds made a British record transfer in 1995 when he arrived from Nottingham Forest, told Liverpool.com last week when discussing Wirtz's move.
"People will say 'look at how much they have spent in the last 20 years', and I get it, but with players that have lots of room to develop. Don't get me wrong, Wirtz has got a lot of room to develop, which in itself is a very exciting prospect, but they haven't gone down the road that Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City have gone down — big, blockbuster signings.
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"The last time it happened was Alberto Aquilani when there were banners on The Kop before he had even played a game. It feels a little bit like that in terms of it being 'wow'.
"This was a guy who was going to go to Bayern Munich, or if not Bayern Munich then Real Madrid or Manchester City, for example. So from a Liverpool perspective, it is kind of like saying 'we are here now and we want to maintain our position and fire a warning shot across the bows of Europe's best clubs, to attack the Champions League'.
"I hope — because Liverpool are so used to developing players and making them into superstars — that having someone coming in as a superstar, they can manage that carefully and not let it become about the cult of Florian Wirtz. I just hope that he is allowed to settle in and just be one of the lads, where there is a seamless transition on the pitch."