The major transfer of this summer transfer window was formalized this week.
It was expected, it is now official: Florian
Wirtz is a Liverpool player. The Mersey club has confirmed the signing of the 22 -year -old German international from Bayer Leverkusen.
Wirtz initialed a contract ” long -term »The duration of which has not been specified. “The 22 -year -old playmaker signed a long -term contract with the Reds after accepting personal conditions and successfully passed a medical examination, Can we read in the Reds press release. Wirtz is the last member of Arne Slot's team since the start of the summer, finding his former teammate of Leverkusen Jeremie Frimpong. »»
For his part, the talented master of playing the German team did not hide his enthusiasm at the idea of joining the Champions of England. “” I am very happy and very proud. Finally it's done and I have been waiting for this for a long time. I am very happy to have a new adventure in front of me. This also occupied an important place in my thoughts: I wanted to do something completely new, leave the Bundesliga and join the Premier League« .
A major transfer for Liverpool
By focusing on the services of Florian Wirtz, Liverpool sends a strong message to his competitors, on the national level as on the European scene. Champion of England in reigning, the LFC attracted one of the most talented players of his generation, emblem of a Bayer Leverkusen who had made the hegemony of the great Bayern Munich in Germany.
If Liverpool did not specify the compensation for this transfer, the British press, via the newspaper The Athletic, evokes a colossal amount reaching 136 million euros. A sum that makes Wirtz the third most expensive player in the history of football behind Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, respectively transferred to PSG in 2017 for 222 million euros and 180 million euros.
