Florian Wirtz will be the second best paid Liverpool player behind Mohamed Salah if he completes a record -breaking transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in the coming days
Florian Wirtz is ready to make his wage if he seals a record transfer to Liverpool, whereby the German playmaker expects to bank a dazzling £ 355,000 a week.
The Premier League champions have made a third bid -£ 100 million in advance by £ 15 million extra in add -our -that Bayer Leverkusen -look -look is to reject because they are estimated to precede £ 124 million.
But conversations remain active between the clubs and a report in Bild says that the Bundesliga player of the season is also the second best -paid player of the Reds when he rocks in Anfield – behind the £ 400,000 of Mohamed Salah, but for the £ 350,000 of Virgil van Dijk.
Wirtz, 22, has made it clear that Liverpool is the destination he wants and Manchester City has taken a step back of their first interest.
Sports director Richard Hughes is at the forefront of the negotiations and Wirtz is willing to hunt a medical medical after his national team against France next week in the play-off of the UEFA Nations League of Sunday afternoon.
On Friday, Leverkusen published images that promote their pre -season tour to Brazil – from 14 to 24 July – with an image of Wirtz. The club will use Flamengo's training facilities in Rio de Janeiro.
But there is a growing expectation that he will leave the second placed team of the Bundesliga with Bild that the player has already agreed a contract until the summer of 2030, while discussions about the reimbursement continue.
Liverpool has already completed the signing of Jeremie Frimpong – their replacement for Real Madrid -retarding Trent Alexander -Arnold – van Leverkusen and wants to close a £ 45 million deal for Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez in the coming days.
The team of Arne Slot will probably also be reinforced with a new center forward in the middle of doubts about the future of Darwin Nunez. The Uruguayan has difficulty setting up in the club in two seasons and remains connected to a switch to Atletico Madrid, whose head coach Diego Simeone is a big fan.
Earlier this week, the former Reds striker Emile Heskey claimed that the club should be “should” be “on NO9 prior to the attempt to defend their Premier League title next season.