The Premier League champion, Liverpool, confirmed that they had signed a contract with midfielder Florian Wirtz from Leverkusen for £ 116 million.
Liverpool's homepage confirmed that they had signed a contract with Wirtz from Leverkusen, when the German player signed a long -term contract at Anfield. He became the second rookie of The Kop in the summer transfer window 2025, reunited with his former teammate Jeremie Frimpong at the Merseyside team.
Signing a contract with Wirtz took place after months of speculation about the star midfielder will leave Leverkusen. The German player initially received attention from Man City and Bayern Munich but decided to participate in the project of coach Arne Slot in Liverpool. After that, many weeks of negotiation between Liverpool and Leverkusen before the two sides were said to have agreed on an agreement with a basic transfer fee of £ 100 million and £ 16 million.
After signing an official contract with Liverpool, Wirtz told the media: “I feel very happy and very proud. In the end, everything is done and I have waited for a long time. I am really happy.”
“I was really excited to have a new adventure in the immediate future. This is also a big point in my mind: that I want something completely new, leave the Bundesliga and join the Premier League.
I will see how I can play there. I hope I can do the best. I also talked to some players playing there and they told me that the place was perfect for me and every football field was perfect, you can enjoy every match. I really look forward to playing my first match, “the German star added.
Talking about his goals with the club, Wirtz emphasized: “I want to win everything every year! First of all, we have to do my job well, I have to do my job. Finally, we want to succeed. Liverpool last season won the Premier League so my goal was definitely the championship again and further in the Champions League.”
Considered one of the outstanding talents of world football, Wirtz came to Merseyside after 5 and a half seasons extremely successful with Leverkusen after moving from the Cologne youth team. After launching the Bundesliga in May 2020 when he was only 17 years old, the German player had the first goal for the team for a few weeks later with a goal against Bayern Munich.
Writz has confirmed itself as the key figure in Die Werkself's starting lineup in the 2020/21 season and is one of the most interesting talents of the Bundesliga. He debuted in Germany in September 2021, but a serious injury encountered in March next year caused him to sit out for months. However, Wirtz has returned and created an excellent season when Leverkusen completed a double title of the national championship and the National Cup in the 2023/24 season, as well as reaching the Europa League final and unbeaten during the Bundesliga campaign.
Although Xabi Alonso's team could not repeat that success last season, Wirtz continued to show its great quality, including in the Champions League arena with 6 goals after 9 appearances at the tournament. So far, he has had 31 caps with Germany and scored 7 goals, including 2 goals in 5 launches at Euro 2024 last summer.