Liverpool might reportedly be ready to try to sweeten the deal for Bayer Leverkusen as a way to safe the signature of Florian Wirtz.
The Reds now look like in agency command of the switch race for the 22-year-old, with Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer successfully confirming defeat of their pursuit of the Germany worldwide.
The playmaker has seemingly been swayed in the direction of Anfield after a dialog with Arne Slot, and Fabrizio Romano has indicated that LFC are actually pushing forward to try to shut the deal ‘as quickly as doable’.
Liverpool might provide one participant to Leverkusen as sweetener for Wirtz deal
An replace from a dependable German supply means that there might but be one thing in it for Leverkusen apart from the sizeable switch price they’ll inevitably obtain for Wirtz.
Taking to X on Saturday morning, Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg claimed that the Bundesliga runners-up are ‘eager to achieve a swift settlement with Liverpool’, with the progress of a deal largely contingent on the composition of the primary provide from Merseyside.
He claimed that there’s ‘dialogue round a deal’ which might see Die Werkself receiving a participant from the Reds along with the switch price, with the BayArena outfit available in the market for a goalkeeper, centre-back and presumably a striker.
🚨🆕 Bayer 04 Leverkusen are eager to achieve a swift settlement with Liverpool over Florian #Wirtz. A lot now is dependent upon their first provide.
⚠️ Perceive there’s dialogue round a deal that might contain Liverpool paying a switch price and Leverkusen moreover receiving a… pic.twitter.com/codTfoF6xz
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) Might 24, 2025
Who might Liverpool sacrifice as a way to push via a deal for Wirtz?
If Liverpool are to sacrifice a present member of Slot’s squad as an incentive to try to safe the signing of Wirtz, who might doubtlessly be heading to Leverkusen in alternate for the 22-year-old?
Earlier this week, German outlet Soccer transfers namechecked Harvey Elliott as somebody who’s on the want listing on the BayArena, and the Reds’ quantity 19 was additionally talked about by David Ornstein amongst a gaggle of seven gamers who might viably go away Anfield this summer time.
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Though the ex-Fulham teen doesn’t match any of the positions that Die Werkself are focusing on, he might signify a like-for-like alternate with Wirtz by way of one attacking midfielder making manner for an additional, so it’s not inconceivable that LFC might provide him to Leverkusen as a part of a potential deal.
To ensure that that to occur, whichever Liverpool squad member is earmarked for inclusion on a doable player-plus-cash cope with the Bundesliga runners-up would have to be amenable to a transfer which’d successfully solid them within the function of sacrificial lamb.
With Richard Hughes seemingly making strong progress on a swoop for the Germany worldwide, let’s hope that there isn’t a nasty sting within the tail which causes all the pursuit to break down.
