Liverpool's club record that Florian Wirtz signs has been declared German player of the year, so that the attacking midfielder is further confirmed the status as a rising star.
Wirtz, whose £ 100 million transfer costs could rise with add-ons to £ 116 million in what would be a British record, assured 191 votes among German sports journalists, making him comfortable for second place in second place Michael Olise of Bayern Munich, who collected 81 votes.
The 22-year-old attacking midfielder arrived in June at Anfield from Bayer Leverkusen, part of an edition spree that has seen players including the French attacker Hugo Ekitike and Hungarian left back Milos Kerkez at De Ploeg with De Ploeg to retain the Premier League title.
Wirtz is praised as one of the “top players in the world. He is world-class” by former Leverkusen coach and ex-Livepool midfielder Xabi Alonso, the new boss of Real Madrid.
After becoming a member, Wirtz told the Liverpool website that he “would like to win everything every year!”
“In the end we want to be successful,” he said.
“Last season they won the Premier League, so my goal will certainly win again and continue in the Champions League. I am really ambitious,” he added.
Wirtz played a key role in the largest season of Leverkusen, because they claimed a very first Bundesliga title and the German Cup in 2023/24 without losing a single match in their own country under Alonso.
Their only defeat that season, in which Wirtz was crowned as a Bundesliga player of the year, came in the Europa League final to the Italian side atalanta, which in which Leverkusen denied a memorable Treble.
A return of 57 goals and 65 assists in 197 games for Leverkusen is proof that he is wearing a threat, both as a maker and as a goal scorer.
Liverpool is already blessed with an abundance of forward options-including Mohammed Salah-but The club is on the creativity of Wirtz to maintain the productive goals of the 33-year-old and to illuminate the burden of wearing the Liverpool attack.