Liverpool has launched a conspiracy to hijack the movement of Manchester City for Florian Wirtz with the race for the Germany star who is taking a turn according to a report.
The parents of Wirtz met city officials on Tuesday during a flying visit in England – but did not speak with Pep Guardiola, with the manager of the club from the region prior to the FA Cup final this weekend.
City has long hoped to lure Wirtz to the club and pushes forward with an attempt to close a deal in the light of Kevin De Bruyne's departure after 10 years in the Etihad Stadium.
Mail Sport revealed last week that City is awaiting news about discussions between the 22-year-old and his parents, Hans and Karin, in the direction of his career.
Wirtz is supposed to have soften his position on the attacking midfielder in recent months at the city and the Premier League.
But City is not the only club that is interested in which Bayern Munich also strives for his signature and the mother of Wirtz that he should stay in Bayer Leverkusen for another season. And now, according to Kicker, Liverpool would also like to judge the star of £ 126 million.
The publication reports that Wirtz Liverpool's parents met during their journey to England. And with both Hans and Karin who make the journey, they also report that Florian himself was too present and took a private jet to judge the Liverpool area.
Photos published in the German newspaper Bild Show both parents on Maastricht-Aachen Airport in the Netherlands on Monday evening after arriving of a nine-hour return.
Wirtz has 33 goals and this season assists in 44 games for Leverkusen and Real is interested in the German International.
City's director of Football Hugo Viana works together with the departing Txiki Begiristain during a transfer period about the transfer window.
According to the German journalist Christian Falk, Wirtz was set up to reject a move to the city to become a member of Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. The report states that Wirtz has agreed a switch to the Bavarian giants, with Bayern willing to offer € 100 million (£ 84.7 million) to take him to the Allianz Arena.
However, that is too short of the valuation of Leverkusen, and Bayern should certainly cough up a larger fee in the midst of competition from the two Premier League parties.
However, if Leverkusen chooses not to sell their price assets this summer – or if he chooses to stay – Bayern is ready to wait until the summer of 2026 to make a move for the German international. It is unclear whether City and Liverpool would be.
Despite earlier reports stating that Wirtz still has three years about his current deal at Leverkusen, the current contract of the midfielder in 2027 has lost weight.
It follows a hugely impressive campaign in which Wirtz was of vital importance in the unprecedented unprecedented Bundesliga season of Leverkusen in the 2023-24 campaign, so that she also saw the DFB Pokal pick up.
Wirtz has made 29 performances for Germany, scored six times and has settled as one of Europe's most popular prospects.
Last month CEO of Leverkusen, Fernando Carro, said that Radio Marca Wirtz would have a fee of 'at least € 150 million', although he later suggested that this was a mistake.
In February Bayern Munich-Chef Karl-Heinz Rummenigge announced that they would focus on Wirtz this summer and it seems as if that is the direction of travel.
In an interview with AZ, Rummenigge said that he “makes no secret of the fact that it should clearly be our goal to sign Wirtz.”
He added: 'Everyone at FC Bayern agrees that he is exactly the player we want to sign. Not to weaken Leverkusen, but to strengthen us. '
Bayern's honorary doctorate -President Uli Hoogenheid has also talked about the qualities of Wirtz in a separate interview with AZ, but admitted that there can be financial obstacles.