Liverpool finally confirmed the signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen in a British record transfer.
The overall package has a value of 116.5 million GBP, with 100 million GBP guaranteed after weeks between the two clubs.
Wirtz underwent his medical medicine on Friday.
The deal deals with the previous British transmission record of 115 million GBP, which Chelsea paid for Moises Caicedo in August 2023.
Of course, it also shakes Benfica for Darwin Nunez in 2022.
Wirtz expressed his joy in sealing his move to Liverpool and told the club’s website: “I am very happy and very proud.
“It is finally finished and I’ve been waiting for a long time – it is finally finished and I’m really happy.
“I am very happy to have a new adventure in front of me.
“This was also a big point for my thoughts that I would like to have something completely new to leave the Bundesliga and join the Premier League.
“I will see how I can appear there. I hope I can do my best.
“I also spoke to some players who played there, and they told me that it was perfect for me and every pitch is perfect, you can enjoy every game.
“I’m really looking forward to playing my first game.”
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Wirtz pressed what he wanted to achieve in Liverpool and noticed: “I want to win everything every year!
“First we have to do our work, I have to do my work. In the end we want to be successful.
“Last season they won the Premier League, so my goal is certainly winning again and will also continue in the Champions League. I’m really ambitious.”
The team of Arne Slot brought Wirtz’s former Leverkusen teammate Jeremie Frimpong for 29.5 million GBP as a replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold.
And they are also approaching for £ 40 million in Bournemouth left -back Milos Kerkez.
Liverpool’s previous editions in the shadows of the lonely £ 14 millions liverpool, which were spent on Federico Chiesa last summer, with the slot being strongly supported on the transfer market.
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It is fair to say that the Dutch also deserves after winning the 20th League title in Liverpool and the second of the Premier League era in his debut season.
In Wirtz, the Premier League welcomes the Bundesliga player 2023/24 and the new Talisman in Germany.
The 21-year-old has scored 34 goals in the last two seasons and scored 33 templates when he led his team to their first Bundesliga title in 2024.
Wirtz played a variety of positions on the front, including as a striker, and was one of the best young talents in the game and was very publicly followed by Bayern Munich.
Manchester City also took a step for Germany No. 17, but it quickly became clear that his only preference was Liverpool.
Liverpool could achieve even more blockbuster supplements with Crystal Palace Marc Guehi’s central defender this summer.
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And they remain interested in strengthening their attack, and Paris Saint-Germain Bradley Barcola and Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, both of whom are of interest.
In the meantime, Talksport understands that the red will try to outsource Nunez as a way to finance their summer rectification stroll.
The 25-year-old awakens Saudi Arabia, with Al Hilal contacting Liverpool on Monday to request the conditions of a deal.
Al Nassr had € 70 million [£59m] The BID and Liverpool rejected in January use this number as a yardstick for the evaluation.
However, Liverpool does not plan to sell Luis Diaz this summer, Talksport understands.
According to reports, both Diaz and Diogo JOTA Nunez could follow through the starting door.
Clubs in Saudi Arabia and Barcelona are interested in Diaz, who is committed to a new contract for Merseyside.