Liverpool agree £116m deal for Wirtz
Summary
Liverpool has agreed to a £116 million deal to sign German midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen. The agreement makes it the highest transfer fee Liverpool has ever paid, with £100 million guaranteed and an additional £16 million in potential bonus payments.Key Facts
- Liverpool will pay a total of £116 million for Florian Wirtz.
- The £116 million includes £100 million upfront and £16 million in bonus payments.
- Wirtz is a 22-year-old attacking midfielder from Germany.
- He joined Bayer Leverkusen at 16 and scored 57 goals in 197 games.
- The deal is Liverpool's most expensive transfer yet.
- Wirtz showed interest in moving to Liverpool, despite other clubs' interest.
- Liverpool recently signed Jeremie Frimpong and is negotiating a deal with Milos Kerkez.
- Liverpool sold goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford and right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid.
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