Liverpool have elevated their provide for Florian Wirtz to £113m because the race to signal the Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder intensifies, in accordance with reviews.
If profitable, the Purple’s newest reported bid – a bundle that may assure the Bundesliga membership £100m plus £13m in add-ons – can be a membership document deal, however it stays under Leverkusen’s asking value of £126m for the participant.
Leverkusen, who just lately appointed former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag as substitute for Xabi Alonso, rejected the Premier League champions’ £109m bid for the Germany worldwide final weekend however seem open to additional negotiations amid curiosity from each Manchester Metropolis and Bayern Munich.
Liverpool have made a brand new provide price a complete of £113m for Florian Wirtz 💰 pic.twitter.com/Es7ccxDfgz
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) June 6, 2025
Wirtz has made it clear he’s eager to finish a transfer to Anfield. The proposed deal would surpass by a ways the £85m Liverpool paid to herald Darwin Nunez from Benfica in June 2022.
The £113m provide, nevertheless, stays simply shy of the £115m British switch document price paid by Chelsea in 2023 for Moises Caicedo from Brighton.
Wirtz, who has spent his complete senior profession at Leverkusen and performed a key position within the membership’s unbeaten league marketing campaign in 2023-24, was once more a standout performer in Germany’s high flight final time period.
The 22-year-old scored 10 targets and contributed 12 assists in 31 appearances as his aspect didn’t retain their Bundesliga crown, ending runners-up to Bayern Munich.
Wirtz additionally scored his seventh worldwide objective for Germany on Wednesday, in a 2-1 Nations League semi-final defeat towards Portugal.
