Florian Wirtz is about to reach on Merseyside to start his medical forward of a £116 million transfer to Liverpool, having indicated his resolution to affix “months in the past.”
Wirtz is closing in on his record-breaking switch to Liverpool and can fly into the UK on Thursday after having fun with time on vacation with Jeremie Frimpong.
The 22-year-old attacking midfielder is about to start his medical on Thursday earlier than the second stage on Friday and, all being nicely, he’ll then fulfil in-house media duties.
Liverpool might affirm the signing on Friday night although there isn’t any recognized timescale on their announcement as of but.
However one factor is for sure in that Wirtz will be a part of the Reds as their second signing of the summer season following a £29.5 million deal for Bayer Leverkusen teammate Frimpong final month.
In line with Sky Sports activitieswhereas Liverpool might have reached an settlement over the No. 10 – paying an preliminary £100 million in deal price as much as a British file £116 million – the 2 golf equipment stay in talks over a 3rd switch.
That comes with curiosity from the BayArena in Jarell Quansah, with negotiations ongoing and described as “lively” by journalist Lyall Thomas.
Liverpool are reported to worth Quansah at upwards of £40 million and the actual fact contact stays between the 2 golf equipment suggests Leverkusen could also be keen to interrupt their very own switch file to signal him.
Their greatest outlay to this point stays the £24 million paid to carry midfielder Kerem Demirbay from Hoffenheim in 2019, with any spend on Quansah eclipsing that.
The Mail‘s Lewis Steele has indicated that, following offers for Wirtz and left-back Milos Kerkez, Liverpool will prioritise gross sales to fund additional additions.
Quansah, Darwin Nunez and Andy Robertson seem chief amongst these set to maneuver on, with the likes of Federico Chiesa, Harvey Elliott and Ben Doak others who might increase sizeable charges.
After the books are balanced, Steele experiences {that a} new No. 9 and a centre-back are the main target for Liverpool – which signifies a plan to interchange Quansah.
Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite has been talked about once more of late, and although a deal would clearly be difficult it can’t be ignored that Liverpool’s rivals additionally maintain real curiosity in Doak.
Wirtz selected Liverpool “months in the past”
Whereas Wirtz’s swap to Anfield appeared to have come out of the blue, with Liverpool leapfrogging Bayern Munich to safe his signature, German legend Rudi Voller has claimed in any other case.
Voller, who was beforehand sporting director at Leverkusen and holds shut ties to the membership, instructed Toni Kroos’ podcast Einfach Mal Luppen that he had heard Wirtz was “inclined to go to Liverpool” significantly earlier.
“I knew from my proximity to Bayer Leverkusen, additionally from his household or from him himself, what inquiries he had – it wasn’t simply Liverpool or Bayern Munich, there have been others too,” Voller defined, per Sport1.
“A couple of months in the past, he hinted to me, as did his father, that he was inclined to go to Liverpool.”
He added: “The boy is prepared for the Premier League.”
