Article by Daniel Grigore – published on Friday, June 20, 2025 22:14 / Updated Friday, June 20, 2025 22:16
Liverpool He officially announced the bringing of German midfielder Florian Wirtz, 22, the most expensive transfer in the history of the club.
Bayer Leverkusen will certainly receive 117.5 million euros. The total package also includes bonuses worth 18.8 million, but it remains how many clauses will be activated.
Liverpool has announced that Wirtz has signed a “long -term” contract, without revealing its duration. The Athletic writes that the agreement extends over 5 years, by 2030.
Liverpool presented Florian Wirtz: “I wanted something new, I wanted Premier League”
Wirtz was also wanted by Bayern Munich, but he preferred to change the championship. His desire to sign with the Champion team in the Premier League weighed decisively.
“I am very happy and very proud. Finally it has resolved, I have been waiting for this for a long time.
I am truly excited to have a new adventure in front. That weighed a lot in my choice, the fact that I wanted to have something completely new, to leave the Bundesliga and play in the Premier League.
I will see how I will play here. I hope I can give everything. I talked to a few players who played here and told me that it is the perfect environment for me, that all the lands are perfect, that you can enjoy every match. I can hardly wait for the first, “were Wirtz's words at signing the contract.
I would love to win everything with Liverpool every year! First of all we have to do our job, I have to do my job. After all, we want to be successful. Last season they won the Premier League, so my goal is to defend our trophy and go further into the Champions League. I'm really ambitious.
– Florian Wirtz, Liverpool midfielder
Liverpool bought this summer from Bayer Leverkusen on the right defender Jeremie Frimpong, which cost it 35 million euros.
Next, negotiations are carried out for defender Jarrel Quansah to go to Leverkusen for more than 40 million euros.
The day he presented to Wirtz, Liverpool beat his palm with bournemouth to bring the left -handed Kerkez left defender. The Hungarian will cost about 47 million euros on “Cormorants”.
